Enviromental Pass Certificate

clothhany

Just wanted to know if any one else was having problems with enviromental pass certificates. Long story short we are struggling to get one on the new build house we are buying (but 125 houses have already been sold on the estate) and our buyers are struggling to get one on the flat they are selling (been up since 1996 and loads of the flats have been bought and sold since then) What on earth is going on,, it seems that unless your house was built on virgin green grass annointed by angels then you can't get a pass certificate without doing the conveyencing variation of the Krypton Factor!!

clothhany

No,, just us then!!

G_M

Half an hour? Be patient!

Do you mean result of the Environmental searches?

Richard_Webster

If it is a new build there should be planning conditions requiring submission of soil reports etc and carrying out of any recommended remediation works. Your solicitors should be asking for evidence that these conditions have been satisfied - that should produce a pass certificate.

clothhany

Thats what we thought Richard but alas no, we now have to wait until the building has its NHBC individual certificate (hopefully friday) and then the search company MAY accept that. Our butyers can't get a certificate at all so are having to splash out on indemnity insurance for £300, its all seems so unnecassery.

clothhany

Actually Richard we are starting to suspect our solicitor may not be up to scratch.

clothhany

And you were correct G_M, I'm a bit overwrought and impatiant at the moment,,forgive me.

Jimbo1976

We recently bought a house which is about 7 years old. It failed its environmental report. The reason given was a local historic haulage depot.

However the site was originally an army barracks/base so you would expect them to have had lorries etc.

Our solicitor got lots of info from the council and the management company for the development and there were no issues. Lots of soil samples were taken during the building process and ultimately there was nothing to worry about.

I think the environmental search is quite broad and seems to draw in lots of things locally which may have had an impact.

I suspect our situation is very similar to yours. If there were environmental issues they would have had to cleared these up when they bought the houses.

clothhany

We have no worries about the house at all but our solicitors wont apply for the funds from the mortgage provider until we have the certificate, it is just so frustrating when no one will lead with a bit of common sense. Our buyers are having even more trouble with the property they are selling and have been told they will never get a pass certificate. I'm sure it will all got sorted in the end but from here it feels like a load of people paper shuffling to justify their own salaries. grrrrrr

arbrighton

And I'm sure if they did draw down the mortgage and allow you to complete, then you found a problem, you'd be asking here how to sue them.
Common sense, without a paper trail showing they've done their job properly leaves them open to litigation.

clothhany

Along with the other 125 people who have already bought houses on the same site. The samesite that has already been passed ok to build houses on!!!!!