Gas/Electricity Safety Certificates

JD002

We are almost at the completion stage of our house purchase but there is an issue.

We need the gas and electricity safety certificates to say that everything that has been fitted has been done so correctly and that the gas and electrics are safe. We are not having much look as the seller doesn't seem to be able to get hold of the certificates and they seem to gotten lost. They seem to to want us to pay for the gas and electricity safety checks.

Once our solicitor has these and confirms that they are fine then we can go ahead with completion.

What do we do from here? This has been ongoing for a few weeks now and we are just wanting to get this house purchased.

Thanks

clutton_2

will you let a couple of hundred pounds lose you the house ? if the sellers cant/wont produce the certificate then either buy without them or pay for them yourselves ...

how old is the house ?

JD002

Our solicitor seems to think the mortgage provider will need the certificates to say everything has been fitted correctly.

I've read different things. Is there any legal obligation for the seller to have these certificates? A new boiler was installed in 2006.

molerat

I often wonder how we ever managed to move house without these certificates in the past. This house didn't have one when we bought it 20 years ago and it is still here

JD002

This might seem like an obvious question but who do I contact to get someone to do these checks and give me a certificate?

G_M

You need a Gassafe registered engineer and a NICEIC electrician.

Some property maintenance companies will provide both certificates using appropriately trained staff.

rosyw

molerat wrote: »

I often wonder how we ever managed to move house without these certificates in the past. This house didn't have one when we bought it 20 years ago and it is still here

I've been wondering that as well! :rotfl:

The people buying my place haven't got them and there's no problem about it with their mortgage lender. I've got them on the place I'm buying, but only because it's only a couple of years old and everything was checked before gas/electric connected, otherwise I woudn't have bothered as I don't need a mortgage. Bought and sold quite a few places through the years and have never had these things checked.

clutton_2

"" Is there any legal obligation for the seller to have these certificates? " - no there isn't

buying a house in uk relies on the latin phrase "Caveat Emptor" - ie buyer beware - in other words it is entirely up to the purchaser/buyer to find out everything they can, not up to the seller to provide such information - but negotiation plays its part also, when the two parties can agree to share the cost - talk to the vendors - or crack on and do it yourself...

JD002

I think it might be a case of paying for these ourselves soon.

Does anyone have any idea how much these two checks are likely to cost? A new boiler was fitted a few years ago, there is one gas fire a space for another one. It is a 2 bedroom house.

JD002

I'd be stuck basically if the seller isn't going to pay for the safety checks?

clutton_2

a service should not cost more than £100 and probably the same for the electrics... you will want an Electric Periodic Inspection