Major plumbing issues post settlement

Always happens. Every house I've bought. I've started offering $1000 less each time

 

Was the place previously rented? Call that PM and ask the history and then call the plumber that went out. He may have dated CCTV showing when he was there and the issue.

Either way you need it fixed by the sounds so get onto, anything you get back is a bonus but it won't be easy. Very unlikely council will pay anything.

Council will only look after the main, and often to the "first joint" off the junction is their responsibility, then it is private sewer. so they are worth a call to inspect the main, they may clear out some roots to make your plumbers job easier

 

What council is this?? They charge you for going out to check their main? What was the 200 for?

If its the main the neighbours upstream are going to be affected to. If it's in "unliveable" condition the neighbours would be swimming in it too. The plumber would have known if it was a council issue and plumbers just have toys they can't take on the council stuff

 

Here's a decent blockage
Fatbergs: One tonne balls of wet wipes and fat block sewers | smh.com.au


Probably need to wake their maintenance guys up too

 

Did you note that one Illawarra land owner got smacked with a $16K bill for using wet wipes that did this too

This thing is called a fatberg....

One in four flush wet wipes that shouldn't go down the toilet

 

Unlikely you will get any joy from the vendor....so I hope you got a good purchase price...
Get the pipes fixed and the tree root problem solved....got to keep the tenants happy otherwise the problem will snowball...!
New pvc pipes will work.
As part of due diligence I always flush the toilet a number of times and look for slow draining pans and any damp/mushy spots in the yard.
The smell can be a good giveaway too.....

Recently look at one place where the stormwater was directed right at the side of the house above the damp course.....floorboard inside were watermarked and going soft but the agent said "it was normal wear & tear".....
Good luck.

 

So it's all fixed now, however, at a cost of about $4000. Live and learn I guess.
The damage was at the jump up which required deeper excavation.
I understand this is considered pre-existing, and so cannot be claimed as a deduction this year.

I have an offset account with surplus funds in it against a loan I used as the deposit of this property. Can I use this to pay the cost of these works, and claim the interest going forward? I assume this is not considered a mixed purposed loan if I go ahead and do this...?

 

See tax tip 1. Maybe

 

Not the end of the world, glad to hear you have resolution.

 

No.

 

I know how you feel but its like buying a second hand car privately

No warranty unless specifically mentioned

 

Yeah, there is always something wrong too, but if you want to spend money you can have all trades inspect what they can, but probably better to save the money and expect at least a few K for some sort of repairs.

No one is perfect either, I had a place inspected, I also spend some time inspecting it myself, first night of settlement, went to turn on the lights in lounge, hall , bedroom etc....no lights.....they had been replaced by fans without lights in them, weird, but you think between us all we would have picked that up, but we didn't.

 

Hi what is B&P??

 

Building and Pest inspection, but do not count on a discount.....vendor not obliged at all.