Fensa needed for house sale

nikkiwinter

We are currently selling our house and had new patio doors installed in April 2003. We have been asked by the solicitors to provide the fensa certificate, we don't have one though. On checking with fensa they informed us that the doors have never been registered.
They were fitted by Coldseal who conveiniently went into liquidation soon after our doors were fitted. The paperwork given tous by the company states they were fensa registered. Can anyone tell me how I can now get the cover for the doors and approx cost for this.
Many thanks

alanobrien

Obviously they failed to register them before they went down the tubes.

One option would be to phone the local council planning office to get them out to certify it. Ours charges around £150 plus vat for this.

McAzrael

alanobrien wrote: »

Obviously they failed to register them before they went down the tubes.

One option would be to phone the local council planning office to get them out to certify it. Ours charges around £150 plus vat for this.

Ring your local authority's building control department and not planning. This is not a planning issue. I can't think of any other (honest) options.

HugoSP

Yep - Building Control.

Talk to them and explain the whole situation. If you can demonstrate when it was installed they may be able to apply the correct version of Part L, assuming it has been updated since the installation.

Having said that Coldseal may have been a member of the Windows Federation. They pick up problems like this in the event of this happening.

Motty_2

Have you tried contacting Fensa, we moved last year and our buyers solictor demanded a certificate for the doors. We either had not received it or had lost it (:o ) Our solictor said he would get a replacement copy (for a fee of course ) It held the sale up for a week or so (:mad:) but was sorted eventually.
I have had a door replaced in the new house, the certiificate for that has now been put somewhere safe

Good luck

Richard

JennyW_2

HugoSP wrote: »

Yep - Building Control.

Talk to them and explain the whole situation. If you can demonstrate when it was installed they may be able to apply the correct version of Part L, assuming it has been updated since the installation.

Having said that Coldseal may have been a member of the Windows Federation. They pick up problems like this in the event of this happening.

Yes, covered under building regulations. We're having loads of various works done on our flat and the insertion of french doors has been included as part of the works. They will be signed off with the completion certificate. You'll need this in place of the Fensa certificate.

alanobrien

McAzrael wrote: »

Ring your local authority's building control department and not planning. This is not a planning issue. I can't think of any other (honest) options.

Thats what i meant........
Building control is part of the planning office in our district.

Monst

We recently sold our house, and I had fitted my own double glazing, hence I did not have the fensa certificate. My solicitor obtained a one off indemnity insurance for us, which only cost around £35. It may be worth asking!