In reply to a post by Fastman3:

so in your case 50% of the devlopement is not sold -- so you have some leverage in the short term with the developer

Not really sure this gives any real leverage with the developer. The OP is proof that folk will buy his houses anyway at I guess market value without the connection. It's pretty hard to argue no-one will buy it when you just did...!

In reply to a post by crdrummond:

Yes - but the key is, what is the legal requirement? Cos that is what we can hold them to...:

I really think you going down a dead end with this, you can kick and scream as much as you want but unless I've missed something I don't believe you have any legal rights to full fibre (your best leverage was before you exchanged contracts to buy). The developer had the choice when building those 4 properties but they chose not to have it installed. Unless you have legal documents that can prove the developer mislead you about it you are best advised to wait and see what happens when the other properties on the street get upgraded and if you are missed then put a FTTP on demand or Community fibre partnership request in with the other 3 properties and pay to have it installed.

Edited by deleted (Sat 06-Mar-21 10:06:47)

no that means the developer did not even do the basics right - again what did they register with openreach newsites and when - thsi is even more grounds that they did not do the right thing - i would be writing to your MP on this

I'm not convinced by the evidence provided that other houses in the street have FTTP either. Have you run the checker on other houses?

I think you may be suffering from buyers remorse and should just enjoy your new house.

Unless it’s part of the information shared between seller/developer and purchaser during the property purchase (the OP has not confirmed, yet) then OP won’t be privy to any of the arrangements (or not as the case may be) made between the developer and various utilities.

It should be really very straightforward to see what is included in the deal. If the OP has legitimate concerns now, the best person to check is his/her conveyancing solicitor. If there’s nothing there - then nothing more the OP can do about it other than organise the connection him/herself.

Other than the contract of sale there is no other legal obligation on the developer to provide FTTP, that the OP is hoping for.

crdrummond

If you are
a) correct that the rest of the road are getting FTTP.
b) Lucky.

You may find that when you order a line you get FTTP provided. This is as OR now prefer to serve unserved premises by fibre rather than copper. However this still depend on the area. A post code or location may enable people close to the process to give you better detail on this.

So the area we live is in having FTTP rolled out currently - work due to complete end of the month.
Connecting Counties (who are coordinating it on behalf of Bucks council) have confirmed to me that whilst we are in the roll out area, our house specifically will be excluded.
Openreach have also directly confirmed to me that the works for the Penn area roll out are due to be completed over the next few weeks.
So whilst the neighbouring houses are not yet connected, they will be connected very soon.

Oh that is an interesting point, which I hadn’t thought of.
Although the neighbouring house (same development, so same issue) ordered Broadband when they moved in and they got copper...

Sadly, I don’t believe there was anything explicit in the terms of sale

Thanks fastman - what do you mean by this specifically? Is this something I can check with Openreach do you know?

Edited by deleted (Sat 06-Mar-21 23:53:08)