no building regs

iamana1ias

It's about 30cm too low then and won't ever get building regs as is. You have to decide whether that is an issue for you (it would be for me).

hazyjo

jebervic wrote: »

Come on !, the details will still be on the agents website (include SSTC) you will get the answer, better still post the link on here.

What I was gonna say. If they have removed it, it's probably still on rightmove. Just search, but make sure you include the 'under offer/sold' properties too. Or google it... you might find a cached version of the details.

Jx

poppysarah

They want 3 bedroom money for a 2 bedroom (potentially) damaged house?

jebervic

poppysarah wrote: »

They want 3 bedroom money for a 2 bedroom (potentially) damaged house?

How on earth do you know that?, OP hasn't posted property details and you don't have enough information to make that assumption do you, it could be that OP wants 3 bedroom for 2 bed money.

Catatonia

herbily wrote: »

The council's Building Control department can come out and tell you exactly, but it will cost you - the prices should be on the website of your local council, or ring them up and ask them. One of their surveyors will then come out and inspect, and tell you what would need doing to comply.

Thanks, that's really useful to know.

Sounds like you should ask seller to pay for this to be done, OP.

I think Catblue and Poppysarah are right about this.

poppysarah

jebervic wrote: »

How on earth do you know that?, OP hasn't posted property details and you don't have enough information to make that assumption do you, it could be that OP wants 3 bedroom for 2 bed money.

Non habitable room and no building regs = done on the cheap and possibly not paying any attention to important structural issues.

There was a "?" included...

jebervic

poppysarah wrote: »

Non habitable room and no building regs = done on the cheap and possibly not paying any attention to important structural issues.

There was a "?" included...

Again, do you know for sure it was advertised as a room rather than just an attic?, have you surveyed the property?, it might not have building regs for a loft conversion, but if it was just advertised as an attic then no problem.

I suggest OP posts property details for clarity, my personal opinion is that OP wants it to be 3 bed for 2 bed money.

Chippet

jebervic wrote: »

I suggest OP posts property details for clarity, my personal opinion is that OP wants it to be 3 bed for 2 bed money.

I'm not sure how you managed to get to this opinion. In my OP i didn't discuss anything about the value of the property. Other people brought that up.

I'm sorry, but i am NOT posting the property details of a house i am be living in in the near furture on an internet forum.


However what i did discover yesterday was i had seen in advertised as 2 bed - that was in the paper.(i knew i had seen it somewhere) It is still advertised as 3 bed on right move. I will discuss this again with the estate agent.

Catblue wrote: »

You keep referring to it as a loft conversion - it is not. So put that out of your mind right away.

You don't sound sure about this purchase at all. Do you need to use this room as a study or something? Sounds like it is not really a habitable room so you certainly should not be paying for an extra habitable room within your purchase price.

Can i ask why it isn't a loft coversion, is it simply because it doesn't meet regs to be habitable?

I'm holding back more due the safety than the price (although obviously don't wantg to pay more than i should). If it is a bad job, i'm concerned about the structural stability of the house. Which is why i was originally enquiring about a building survery?

Thanks Catblue.

ray123

A full structural survey would be an additional expense.

Why not obtain two or three quotes from different builders regarding the cost incurred to complete the loft conversion to building reg standards. Accompany the builders during the inspection and pick their brains regarding the safety aspect and the structural stability of the house. This will provide some free info.

Depending on the outcome, you may or may not wish to proceed with a full structural survey and/or continue with the purchase.

If you wish to proceed and perhaps are considering reducing your offer in light of the problematic DIY conversion, you could use the builder quotes as a negotiating point in conjunction with the fact that your offer was made on the back of the info obtained from rightmove that it was incorrectly marketed as a 3 bedroom house.

poppysarah

Chippet wrote: »

Can i ask why it isn't a loft coversion, is it simply because it doesn't meet regs to be habitable?

A loft is a non habitable space.

What do you think it's been converted to?