bugsy:"Do you also give quotes with your advice Anti?"

As I said earlier, anyone who doesn't get an inspection is a fool. However, inspections are quite cursory and miss a lot of things that can be expensive. I work in the industry and I speak from experience in this. As a neighbour who knows some of those things that may be missed, I should speak up.

If I don't and the new owner takes it on, from a purely personal POV how am I going to be able to stand and listen to their complaints about how they were ripped off? I'd either have to tell and risk the "why are you just telling me now", or remain silent and know I was both dishonest and a coward. You might be able to convince yourself that passing the buck is good enough, but I can't.

Yeah that's right, you're the only ethical one around here. Everyone else is hiding behind a professional because they're passive aggressive and ethically bereft.

Bugsy:"Everyone else is hiding behind a professional"

Me, in the previous post:"anyone who doesn't get an inspection is a fool."

You might like to ruminate a little on the old advice "'tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than speak and remove all doubt".

Let me ask you a slightly simpler one: if you were selling a car, would you tell the prospective buyer about the rust, or would you paint it over and hope they didn't notice?

See, this is why we can't have nice things.

You may want to take your own advice sometime big man.

A-septic

No-one is "hiding behind a professional" as you so curiously claim.

1. It is professional to seek specialised advice whenever making a large purchase such as a house or car. I bought my current car from a friend - I still had it checked before closing deal.

2. A tip to any Prospective Buyer (PB), that the property they are asking eAnt about, to seek a qualified inspector should be enough.

3. Then eAnt could, when asked by PB, advise specific details.

4. It is malicious and unprofessional to gossip behind people's backs.

5. It is not so much what you do as how you do or say it. A lack of discretion on eAnt's part now, could indicate to PB that further down the track eAnt would gossip about them.

Thank you for all your thoughts and yes he agonized over his actions. He considered both perspectives. His actions were in the final analysis his to make.
When I wrote the question the matter had been already actioned but we were both interested if there was any other POV or factors that had been missed.
We both thank you all.
Perhaps next time he's on line you can ask him what he did. It his right to tell you. To me the question stood as a topic on its own.