Just make sure its been serviced annually, its done about the right miles for an annual service to be perfect.
Then so long as you inspect it properly and pay a sensible price with a view that it might need a clutch in your ownership, you will have covered all the bases you can, you should be paying £500/1000 less than a retail price anyway for a private sale.
My only concern is why did it need a timing chain, as far as i'm aware it's not a mileage replacement item, though happy to be corrected if thats not the case, so i'd be doubly checking its seen regular servicing...it might be quite innocent of course, my MB had the same work, 100k and the CHG started leaking (they really do all do that sir on the engine fitted to mine), so whilst the head was off i had a new timing chain and oil filter cooler fitted plus water pump.
Have you had a quote from a decent indy for a new clutch and flywheel, if you do so then if thats your only worry you can pay a price with the risk included.
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