Lack of CORGI Cert for boiler delaying sale - pls help !!

Megsmum

Thanks !
To (try) to cut a long story short, we had a new combi boiler installed in feb 2006 by a guy who was recommended by a friend and who advised that he was CORGI registered.
we have never had any problems whatsoever with the boiler and have never looked back, we had the boiler serviced a month or so ago (by a different CORGI registered person) and that person was perfectly happy with the boiler.
However, now are in the process of selling our property and our buyers have called for the CORGI Certificate. we have never had this. we have sent them the gas safety certificate received on the recent service of the boiler but they are insisting on the CORGI certificate issued on installation. We have contacted the person who installed the boiler and he has (halfheartedly) now completed the installation form at the back of the booklet that came with the boiler (we had never looked at this because we had never had a problem with the boiler).
I don't believe that this is going to be sufficient for our buyers - is it a CORGI certificate ?
Our solicitor has advised that it may be possible to offer an indmenity policy to cover the building regs issue.
can anyone please advise as to where we go from here ? is the bit at the back of the booklet the certificate ? should we ask CORGI for a Certificate or should our installer have done this ?
Its now delaying our house sale and we are in jeopardy of losing our related purchase so any suggestions would be very gratefully received.

Many many thanks for taking the time to read )

Cozworth806

If your gas installer was Corgi registered and did the paperwork then Corgi should have sent you a cert confirming the install.
You may be able to ask Corgi to check, but frankly it is likely it wasn't done, as I think there is a charge for each one issued that the installer has to pay.

We had the same issue but luckily the installer contacted Corgi and put the paperwork in and ours went through but it was only 3 months after install not 3 years.

tbs624

As from 1st April 2005 all new installations( including replacements)of heat producing gas appliances should have been registered with the LABC - Local Authority Building Control) and with CORGI, which would issue a "Building Regs Compliance Certificate" or a "Certificate of Safety". Can you not contact both CORGI & your original installer & check with them? If the installer didn't do as he was supposed to do you may want to lodge a formal complaint. The register has now moved to Gas Safe so if he is still working with boiler installations he should be listed there

Canucklehead

Good morning: The OP has a duplicate thread running here.

HTH

Canucklehead

silvercar

We had the same problem as buyers. The sellers got a gas certificate done (the sort that you do for properties that are being let). This satisifed us that the installation was safe and the sale proceeded.

Quickest way of resolving the problem to the satisfaction of all parties.

As a buyer I would rather rely on a gas safety certificate than an indemnity policy.

Megsmum

silvercar wrote: »

As a buyer I would rather rely on a gas safety certificate than an indemnity policy.

we've offered both and it would seem they are still not satisfied !!

Iansmum_2

am selling late mothers house. Boiler was changed around 2000 - do I need to provide any certificates etc. to house buyer - haven't found any in the house so can't proove when/if servicing was done or by whom. I thought certs were only necessary for work done 2005 and later. Comments appreciate asap. thanks

geordiescouse

I have nothing either and am trying to sell my house. Where do I start? The boiler was changed approx 2006. I can get the boiler serviced but will that be enough? I am considering P/EX and could get an indemnity or is this likely stunt the whole process?

roses

silvercar wrote: »

As a buyer I would rather rely on a gas safety certificate than an indemnity policy.

The problem is that building insurance won't cover you if there is no certificate so if the boiler blows up then you are screwed.

hearts

roses wrote: »

The problem is that building insurance won't cover you if there is no certificate so if the boiler blows up then you are screwed.

Are boilers covered by building insurance? or even household? I didn't think they were.

roses

You are not covered if your house is illegally modified. Boilers require controlled installation and the certificate is proof that this has been followed. So if your house blows up because your boiler is illegally installed, then no your insurance won't cover you.

Chances are, the installation is safe and the OP has nothing to worry about. It's just a piece of paper that the insurers want. The installer probably forgot to do it at the time and is now scratching his head as it has been so long.