Goldi09111
2016-09-03 09:50:21
- #1
Hello everyone,
we have an approval/agreement from the city that we are allowed to conduct a soil survey before purchasing the property since I said that I want to know the possible additional costs from the outset so that they can be planned for.
Now we already have 2 soil surveys from neighbors, and for the directly adjacent neighbor, the drilling was stopped at 3 and 3.5 meters respectively due to solid rock. It later emerged that there were backfills with concrete blocks here which had to be completely removed due to compaction, resulting in approximately €17,000 in additional costs for soil replacement.
Now to the actual question, how do you see the chance that I can transfer the costs to the city? Is the seller of a property responsible to ensure that I can build on it without such additional expenses, or does this responsibility lie with the buyer?
Thank you!
we have an approval/agreement from the city that we are allowed to conduct a soil survey before purchasing the property since I said that I want to know the possible additional costs from the outset so that they can be planned for.
Now we already have 2 soil surveys from neighbors, and for the directly adjacent neighbor, the drilling was stopped at 3 and 3.5 meters respectively due to solid rock. It later emerged that there were backfills with concrete blocks here which had to be completely removed due to compaction, resulting in approximately €17,000 in additional costs for soil replacement.
Now to the actual question, how do you see the chance that I can transfer the costs to the city? Is the seller of a property responsible to ensure that I can build on it without such additional expenses, or does this responsibility lie with the buyer?
Thank you!