Homebuyer Not Informed About Advertised 80 Million Renovation – E24

After Bergen home buyers bought the homeowners section for NOK 3,040,000 in 2019, they were informed about the cost bomb:

The condo was in “great need of rehabilitation” and he was forced to obtain a new loan to cover repair costs.

The amount that was announced: up to NOK 80 million.

But the DNB broker hadn’t mentioned anything about it. The sale statement said “nothing about the condo in need of rehab,” according to the home buyer’s complaint to the brokerage industry complaint board.

The appeals body has now decided that DNB Eiendom has violated good brokerage practices and must pay the home buyer in another case, after E24 recently addressed criticism from another DNB office trading basement stalls. like “two spacious rooms”.

DNB Eiendom: – Will learn

Sales statements for other houses that were sold in the condominium provided specific information on the need for rehabilitation, the court writes in its decision, including the notified amount of NOK 80 million.

They believe that DNB’s Bergen office has failed in its duty to investigate and “has acted negligently with regard to the damages.”

Managing Director Anders Fosbæk Vangen of the broker’s office declined to be interviewed by E24. In an email, they maintain that they themselves believed that the duty to investigate was “fulfilled” in the case.

– When there is a disagreement on this issue, it is good for both parties that the case is handled by an independent third party. When the outcome is as it is, we will take the court’s comments and learn from the case, Vangen writes.

You don’t want to answer E24’s question about whether they will pay the compensation the court believes the home buyer is entitled to.

In its self-declaration, the home seller had written that a 20 percent increase in common costs was planned as of October 1, 2019.

The reason, the home’s seller said, was that the condo wanted to reserve funds for “future maintenance.”

He never asked the chairman of the board: – Incomprehensible

The court believes this has an aggravating effect on the DNB broker, who argue that it should have been more concerned with finding out more about what type of maintenance was actually involved.

However, the broker never contacted the chairman of the board.

In its court filings, the DNB office justifies its choice as follows:

“It also appears that the board has long been aware of the likely level of maintenance needs, but deliberately withheld this information for the section owners. Therefore, it is unlikely that the broker would have received information on the need for rehabilitation. if he had contacted the chairman of the board. “

The reasoning causes the court to react:

“First, what the seller should have written in the self-declaration should have prompted the broker to investigate further. Second, it is incomprehensible that the broker did not ask the chairman of the council about the need for rehabilitation, meaning that no I would receive an answer.

E24 has asked the DNB office manager if he subsequently agrees with the court that they should have asked the chairman of the board anyway.

E24 has also asked whether it is common practice at DNB Eiendom to only ask the chairmen of the board who they are supposed to provide information beforehand.

Fosbæk Vangen has chosen not to answer the questions.