Cowboy shower installation jeopardising my house sale

neas

I doubt old tenant wold be too helpful..

When taking on property they prob figured theyd be there 1 year at least.. .to do all this work on your house,...

You slung em out asap... so prob wont want to help u. What a nightmare for them too lol

ian103

have you had a quote for the insurance, we had an issue with our last house sale, the two solicitors were being total jobsworths and then we suggested the insurance and the quote was £75. not worth the time / effort in the grand scheme

evilcartman

neas wrote: »

I doubt old tenant wold be too helpful..

When taking on property they prob figured theyd be there 1 year at least.. .to do all this work on your house,...

You slung em out asap... so prob wont want to help u. What a nightmare for them too lol

Yeah, and I think that will be how they see things too. I'm sure someone will come along and say at some point that it's my own fault that I hadn't been aware of this law at the time. But as I say, I wasn't a professional landlord and was just a naive person who was going with the flow - and people who should have known better apparently seemed oblivious about the law (or were aware of it and flagrantly breached it).

silvercar

Get the insurance in place then you know you are compliant. Faffing around and delaying will risk losing buyers. Having something done years ago and a piece of paper to keep lenders happy will leave your buyers with little excuse to pull out.

evilcartman

silvercar wrote: »

Get the insurance in place then you know you are compliant. Faffing around and delaying will risk losing buyers. Having something done years ago and a piece of paper to keep lenders happy will leave your buyers with little excuse to pull out.

My only worry with the insurance is that it might make matters worse and put the buyer off. I need to have another word with my solicitor about this but of course they're now closed until Wednesday because of the bank holidays so that people with no lives can wave little plastic union jacks made in China.

My buyer is a cash buyer, by the way, so there's no mortgage considerations here. Her own buyer is a first time buyer but my house is not relevant to that.

DVardysShadow

silvercar wrote: »

Get the insurance in place then you know you are compliant. Faffing around and delaying will risk losing buyers. Having something done years ago and a piece of paper to keep lenders happy will leave your buyers with little excuse to pull out.

With electrical installations, as I see it, indemnity insurance is irrelevant. Either the installation is safe or there is a risk of killing someone. Indemnity insurance does not fix the latter.

I think that the correct way forward is a Periodic Inspection Report, which will address the safety of the installation. If this shows things are wrong, they can be put right. If it shows things are right, then there is the enforcement action for lack of Part P. But what is the point of ripping out and replacing something which is compliant with the relevant standards?

propertyman

Oh for goodness sake call a local electrician to do a simple test and certificate for BS76 something.

If it's safe then agree a reduction or at worst apply to local building control for regularisation.

And Part P is a great idea it's stops people catching fire in their homes, electrocuting themselves. It is very simple to do.

Life lesson understand things before agreeing to them. Try focusing on one thing rather than muddles, as shown by, and the story in, the post. :A

evilcartman

propertyman wrote: »

Oh for goodness sake call a local electrician to do a simple test and certificate for BS76 something.

If it's safe then agree a reduction or at worst apply to local building control for regularisation.

And Part P is a great idea it's stops people catching fire in their homes, electrocuting themselves. It is very simple to do.

Life lesson understand things before agreeing to them. Try focusing on one thing rather than muddles, as shown by, and the story in, the post. :A

20-20 hindsight is a wonderful thing to behold. There'll be some life lessons for the installer and the letting agent (who was charging for a full "management service", incidentally, not just finding the tenants) when I'm done with this too, courtesy of small claims.

GDB2222

propertyman wrote: »

Oh for goodness sake call a local electrician to do a simple test and certificate for BS76 something.

If it's safe then agree a reduction or at worst apply to local building control for regularisation.

And Part P is a great idea it's stops people catching fire in their homes, electrocuting themselves. It is very simple to do.

Life lesson understand things before agreeing to them. Try focusing on one thing rather than muddles, as shown by, and the story in, the post. :A

I agree with Propertyman. He really knows what he is talking about. Get an electrician in to certify the work and check it meets current standards. That's much more useful than an indemnity. If there are any issues with the installation, get them fixed.

The number of lives saved by Part P is extremely small. That's because the number of people being electrocuted in their own homes is tiny, anyway.

evilcartman

GDB2222 wrote: »

I agree with Propertyman. He really knows what he is talking about. Get an electrician in to certify the work and check it meets current standards. That's much more useful than an indemnity. If there are any issues with the installation, get them fixed.

The number of lives saved by Part P is extremely small. That's because the number of people being electrocuted in their own homes is tiny, anyway.

I've now spoken to a local electrician who says he'd be prepared to sort it out for £60, so yes, bit of a storm in a teacup really. I'd seen discussions of these sorts of issues elsewhere and it looked like it could run into hundreds of pounds, which was more of a worry.

This sparky has also worked as a subcontractor for this agency and he pretty much confirms my impressions of them.