Carogo

  I'll say something that might ruffle a few feathers in the property world: a huge number of sellers are, whether they'd admit it or not, actively trying to conceal problems with their property. Not outright fraud, usually. More like selective silence. A cracked pane painted over. A leak that "hasn't happened in a while." A boiler that's "due a service" rather than one that's actually on its last legs. It's understandable — nobody wants to talk their own asking price down — but it's also, almost without exception, a losing strategy. Here's why. The property disclosure process in England and Wales, via the TA6 form, legally requires sellers to answer questions about the condition of the property honestly. Deliberately misrepresenting the condition isn't just bad form, it's something that can come back to bite you legally, sometimes years after completion, if a buyer can prove you knew about a defect and didn't disclose it....