Purchase agreement

[Arlo04]

not sure if this is the right place to post this, but here goes.....bought a caravan last year & the purchase agreement states its 37ft x 12ft we have just tried to sell it & noticed it’s actually only 35 ft x 12ft, the company is offering to buy it back but at 50% reduction, is there anything legally we can do?

[MIKE770]

have you the original advert?

[Arlo04]

We don’t I’m afraid, I would of been on their website but taken done when we bought it

[MIKE770]

OK! invoice with details? sure others will be along to advise

[Arlo04]

We have the original purchase agreement that clearly states 37ft x 12ft they have admitted this is a typo

[MIKE770]

OK! invoice with details? sure others will be along to advise

[MIKE770]

was this a dealer?

[MIKE770]

• As described The goods supplied must match any description given to you, or any models or samples shown to you at the time of purchase.

[Arlo04]

Plus we took insurance as per the agreement, so our insurance would I expect be void if we made a claim ???

[Arlo04]

We bought it from the caravan (holiday) park we have it sited on

[MIKE770]

okay then somebody will be along shortly possibly monday onwards?

[Kati]

des8 jaguarsuk R0b ... any ideas?

[2222]

Plus we took insurance as per the agreement, so our insurance would I expect be void if we made a claim ???

No. It's not a major difference and you had no idea. I would tell the insurers now that you have found out.

The law changed 5 years ago. Before that you might have had a problem. This link explains it.

https://www.financial-ombudsman.org....disclosure.htm

[des8]

What are you looking for by way of damages?

You bought a caravan which was misdescribed, but did you see the item before purchase?
You had it for a year and only noticed the error when you came to resell it.
Would you have still purchased it at the same price if you had realised it was 2 feet short?
To what difference in value does that 2 feet equate?

You say the site have offered to buy back at 50%.
Is this the normal offer one would receive from site owners?
I understand that it is difficult to sell statics off site, so it puts site owners in a very advantageous position when it comes to an owner trying to sell a van.

Although in theory you probably have a case for innocent misrepresentation, you will need to quantify any loss, and you might then find the cost and stress of claiming is not worth any possible award.

[Arlo04]

I’m not looking for compensation, yes we would of probably still bought the van at 35ft, I’m looking for a bargaining tool, if the van doesn’t sell before March 2019 we would have to pay another years ground rent in order to keep it there, thus reducing the value, if we had a case of mis selling it would give us a bargaining tool to ask for some leeway with the rent until the van is sold