Estate Agents 'moving' Boundaries?

[pinkerton]

Is it legal for estate agents to describe properties as being in an adjoining, perceived more salubrious parish than they are, in order to inflate the price, or could it be regarded as misrepresentation under sale of goods legislation?

[sandyRoe]

Caveat emptor.

[pinkerton]

Very good, Sandy!

[Retrochic]

It would come out in the searches -at that point the buyer could either rescind their offer or lower their offer to reflect the difference in price between one area and another.

[pinkerton]

Who would be respnsible if the searches did not reveal it?

[Barmaid]

The seller. They would be liable for any misrepresentation made by the agent.

[Peter Pedant]

situate in the parish of Scrowden - a salubrious area of Alphaville

Did he really write that ?

In the late seventies, various areas of London were well slums and so the better areas stretched.... I remember this was parodied as Clapham and Vauxhall were pronounced Vole and Clarm.

Upper Clarm was some god awful place - but you will notice that that is not a parish....

Happens in Manchester - Worsley you have to ask which bit
and also Brum - there is a wrong part of Quinton and Harborne I think

[sandyRoe]

Is West Hampstead actually Kilburn?

[The Builder]

Many years ago, a friend of mine bought a house advertised as being in "South Chelsea" .................

...erm..... over the bridge in Battersea ;o)

[Retrochic]

Divebuddy -advertising a house in the wrong area is very different from an optimistic description in the property details. The exact location can affect council Tax and school catchment and services such as GP.

[Retrochic]

There is no need to be facetious divebuddy -this is the law section and I was answering a serious question.

[woofgang]

So what is wrong with Battersea??????
I can remember Wandsworth being described as " 'twixt the Commons"