Non-certified installers for fusebox and boiler?

donjay_2

I'm renovating a small flat, in a few years I'm hoping to sell it to the buy-to-let market (or possibly renting it out myself).

I need to replace the fusebox and move the boiler – I can get the work done cheaply with non-certified installers but where will this leave me as regards guarantees when it comes to selling? If I decide not to sell but to just rent it out myself would it be okay for me to just get certificates at that stage?

Meepster

donjay wrote: »

I can get the work done cheaply with non-certified installers but where will this leave me as regards guarantees when it comes to selling? If I decide not to sell but to just rent it out myself would it be okay for me to just get certificates at that stage?

Well, quite simply, if you use non-certified electricians and plumbers, then you can't get your electric/gas certificates and then you can't sell/rent out the flat.

Anything to do with gas MUST be done by a Corgi certified engineer/plumber.
Any re-wiring/changing fuse box MUST be done by a Part P certified electrician.

jason_s_2

Big NO NO, as milletts said you have to get the certified people in, or it will come back and bite you in the a*se.

EliteHeat

donjay wrote: »

If I decide not to sell but to just rent it out myself would it be okay for me to just get certificates at that stage?

You sound like [STRIKE]an amateur[/STRIKE] a private landlord already - well done

Meepster

EliteHeat wrote: »

You sound like [strike]an amateur[/strike] a private landlord already - well done

lol :T

I was thinking that, but really didn't want to say anything!

donjay_2

Thank you all! That's a very clear 'no'!

Pyewacket338

mwilletts wrote: »

Well, quite simply, if you use non-certified electricians and plumbers, then you can't get your electric/gas certificates and then you can't sell/rent out the flat.

Anything to do with gas MUST be done by a Corgi certified engineer/plumber.
Any re-wiring/changing fuse box MUST be done by a Part P certified electrician.

When I bought my house 5 years ago, it didn't have the gas or electrical certificates, so when I come to sell it, as I haven't had any of that type of work done, would it make a difference that I don't hold Part P certificates for anything?

Meepster

Pyewacket338 wrote: »

When I bought my house 5 years ago, it didn't have the gas or electrical certificates, so when I come to sell it, as I haven't had any of that type of work done, would it make a difference that I don't hold Part P certificates for anything?

No, it wont effect your future house sale at all. You only need the certificates for work completed AFTER the regulations came in, which was obviously after you bought your house, hence why you didn't have the certificates when you moved in. (I hope that makes sense? Seems a little long winded)

In short...

No, you'll be fine lol

baldelectrician

By cusing compotent people for the works you will have some comeback if anything were to go wrong

Pyewacket338

mwilletts wrote: »

No, it wont effect your future house sale at all. You only need the certificates for work completed AFTER the regulations came in, which was obviously after you bought your house, hence why you didn't have the certificates when you moved in. (I hope that makes sense? Seems a little long winded)

In short...

No, you'll be fine lol

Made sense to me.... thanks..... so if someone got an unqualified person to do work, they could easily not mention it or say it was previously done before the house was bought, seems to be a gaping loop-hole for unscrupulous people to jump through.

MX5huggy

Gas work has been regulated for a long time.

Over time the loop hole closes

But the electrics not so long as time passes it becomes harder to hide work as old, they changed the colours of the wire (from red and black to brown and blue) around the same time. Alot of cable has the date printed on it and fittings change.