Quote Originally Posted by CageyH View Post
It is not difficult (with all of the info now in this thread) to work out what transaction this thread is about.

If you check the consumer rights act, the seller is under no obligation to disclose any faults, but misrepresenting goods is not allowed.

If he is not willing to come to an agreement, you only have three choices.

1. Alternative dispute resolution
2. Small claims court
3. Take it on the chin and put it down to experience.
It's a private sale so the Consumer Rights Act isn't applicable. Although if the seller misrepresents in a private sale then that is grounds for legal recourse. But in this situation it doesn't look like the seller misrepresented. If he didn't that rules out option 2).