{"product_id":"vragen-29466-beste-wij-huren-momenteel-een-sociale-huurwoning-van-een-woningbouwvereniging-de-woning-naast-ons","title":"Rent and purchase: rights in case of sewer problems","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n best,\n\n We are currently renting a social housing unit from a housing association. The house next to us has been sold. This also belonged to the housing association. We have also indicated that we want to buy our house and have also received an offer. We are currently still working on the financing of this and so nothing has been signed or arranged with the housing association by us.\n\n The neighbor who bought the house next to us wanted to connect his new kitchen to the sewer. But after inspection, the drain\/sewer appeared to be blocked\/sagged. This involves asbestos-containing pipes. This needs to be replaced. The neighbor called the housing association because he bought the house from them. They agreed that the housing association would pay half of the costs. \nBut! Our drain connects to that of our neighbour. So we have a shared drain. Which means that if our neighbour is going to replace his sewer, it has to be done for us too. At the moment we are still renting, but we do want to buy very soon. So my question now is: who is going to make sure that our sewer\/drainage functions normally if our neighbour is going to start renovating next week? Can the housing association say: Madam, you are going to buy the house, so we are going to wash our hands of it. Can we reduce the asking price a bit? Or are they obliged to take care of this for us as long as we are still paying rent (because there is also another 6 to 8 weeks to sign the deed of sale)?\n\n So I would like to know what my rights\/obligations are in this regard.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e \nAs I see it, you have bought a house with a hidden defect that comes to light before the transfer date. (unless you knew or should have known about the specific characteristics of the sewerage). You could consider rejecting the previous offer and come up with a counter-offer, this is if the preliminary purchase contract has not yet been signed. Otherwise I would advise legal assistance. Alternatively, I wonder if the landlord will not simply carry out the work that is necessary, you do not know this for sure so I would try to get clarity on that first.\n\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55014523634013,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-29466-beste-wij-huren-momenteel-een-sociale-huurwoning-van-een-woningbouwvereniging-de-woning-naast-ons","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}