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if you do investigate with the council and find that there is no building rega approval, then you the sellers will not be able to take out an indemnity policy to cover the lack of regs. While this is not strictly necessary if the work was done over a year ago, a picky solicitor may recommend it. Far better to ask the seller for a building regs certificate.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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seven day weekend - what should i do? i need to ask the council to provide a letter saying they will not take action against the house i am trying to buy - the background is under the post 'please help, due to exchange tomorrow but....' can they do this quickly or do they linger on and on??seven-day-weekend wrote: »AFAIK, if the work is over two years old, Building Control can't take any action even if it hasn't got the required papers.
If the work was signed off, fine, they will have a copy of this which you can purchase. If not, you can either get it done retrospectively (as mentioned above), or you could maybe ask them for a letter saying that the development is out of time for any action to be taken.
I hasten to add I don't know all the Regulations for Building Control, as I worked in Planning, but I think the above is correct.)
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The Council I worked for had a duty to reply within ten working days. I personally would do it quicker if it was urgent and you may be lucky enough to speak to someone like me (!), but otherwise be prepared for a couple of week's wait.(AKA HRH_MUngo)
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