HELP! Lack of boiler installation certificate delaying purchase.

moneysavingplumber

No problem. Just to be clear, doing a search with Building Control doesn't mean that you're telling the council that there isn't a certificate for a boiler, it's just a general search to see what has been approved and notified in the past for your own information. Your solicitor may have already done this on your behalf, depending on your instructions regarding the survey if you had one. Your solicitor may even be aware that the boiler was notified, based on the records, but may want the certificate for your own future convenience.

My local area's building control search site is here: http://www.stgbc.org.uk/history-search.asp , I'm sure you will have a similar site in your locality.
The only problem is the disclaimer that it doesn't guarantee to find anything, but at £14 it's worth a look. Until the house we're buying started to fall through, I was going to do a search myself due to notifiable work that we knew had been done on the property (load bearing wall removed, kitchen fitted since 2005 with new wiring for lights, new electrical consumer unit since 2005).

timmyt

Alc wrote: »

Afternoon All,

I cant believe I never visited this site sooner!

I'm in desperate need of some advice, I'm in the process of purchasing a property and we are incredibly close to exchange. However we have a hold up at the moment, the boiler in the property was installed in 2008 but the sellers do not have a copy of the boiler installation certificate. They have offered an indemnity to cover the building regs side of things and make mention that in the 2 years since there's never been a problem with it. They are unwilling to budge on anything more then the indemnity they are dead right...if you are concerned you should be having someone inspect it like you had the building surveyed...buyers have always done this, but some lawyers think the fact that boilers not must be installed by corgi/gas safe (as an example) means that buyers are exempt from uinspecting...buyer beware, always inpsect the services!!!.

I guess my options are:

1) Proceed with purchase (and indemnity) and get the boiler certified myself right so far...but do it now before exchange post completion. Can i even do this? How could I get it done?

2) Try and negotiate with the sellers further, but i don't think we will get any further. obviously not, they are walking away from the proeprty so you do your own surveys

We really don't want the purchase to fail for just this, and I know the boiler wont fail just because of a change of ownership. But I'm just concerned that come the day I want to sell it on, I'm going to encounter the same thing. you won't. indemnity and regular servicing...not rocket science

Any help you guys/gals are able to give me would be really appreciated!

Thanks

Al

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