fensa certificate

sylwana811

bryanb wrote: »

Where did you find that, on a fensa member's website?

I stand by post 3 unless you can quote from a law requiring a cert.

I can't give you directly link, as I am a new user.
I found it on the astlepaterson solicitors web

loubel

You need to dig out the paperwork from your purchase. The seller will have been asked on the Property Information Form whether any windows had been replaced and whether there was a guarantee for these.

If they didn't disclose the work then your solicitor wouldn't have known about it unless you asked them specifically about it.

If they did disclose it then you need to see what documentation they supplied. People frequently lose guarantee paperwork so it may be that the seller didn't have anything to pass over to you.

PasturesNew

sylwana811 wrote: »

there is no the date, but windows don't look too old

And there's the clue. The windows might not look old, but these days they look better for longer, especially if they were of good quality in the first instance.

If you cannot see the date in the metal that surrounds the glass inside and between the two panels of glass, then this indicates that the windows were manufactured before 2002.

It is 99.99% a certainty, therefore, that you will be having to pay for this work to be done yourself.

On the plus side, you're looking at £10-30 or so probably, not a fortune.

jibbyboo

This happened to me on my house purchase recently:

the vendor had double glazing installed a few years ago and didn't get a FENSA certificate, so my solicitor has told them to provide me with indemnity insurance against anyone taking issue with the unregulated windows.

martinsurrey

jibbyboo wrote: »

This happened to me on my house purchase recently:

the vendor had double glazing installed a few years ago and didn't get a FENSA certificate, so my solicitor has told them to provide me with indemnity insurance against anyone taking issue with the unregulated windows.

And the insurance company and solicitor made a pretty penny,

Unless the window frames are made from sticks of dynamite or have metal spikes attached to them no building control department is going to come after you to get them changed (they have much better things to do).

And as indemnity insurance doesn’t cover you against faulty work, I consider it a false economy for things like windows

jibbyboo

well the house also has a covenant saying that no amendments can be made to the property unless permission is given by the builder or his children - house had a carport installed 30 years ago. Likelihood of builder or his kids coming to my house to demand money? = Low.

Indemnity insurance provided.

It's a similar scenario with chancel repairs. Likelihood of a claim is slim, but it didn't stop the church demanding £200k off a family

yorkshire_terrier_owner

The indemnity policy is there to cover the fact that the windows may not be up to current buildings regs, not as a guarantee if the units fail, which can happen at any time.

In the house I recently sold a unit failed within 5 years. The house I've just bought has upvc windows that are 25 years old and not a single misty unit in sight. Ce la vie.

FYI a window company was advertising in my local paper this week replacement units for £15. It's not a big job and is nothing more than the joys of home ownership. If it were me, I would just get it replaced and be done with it.

andy.m_2

Indemnity will not mean you get yer windys fixed.
It is a policy against further action.

Some you win some you lose and sorry to say this one you didnt win.

New DGU panes are the square root of FA to replace so it shouldn't be a ball breaker.

StuC75

The fensa is not a guarantee - the company that fitted may not be trading anymore. Some guarantees may not be transferable..

The fensa certificate would only exist if the work was done on its own.. for example if it was part of a building project (e.g. extension) then it would have been covered under the regular building regs..

So would think OP is barking up the wrong tree regarding a particular Guarantee..

kkgree1

I would also like to add that most of these schemes are not transferable to a new owner. When we bought our house 2 years ago the conservatory was still "under guarantee" but only to the previous owner and we've had to pay for repairs since.

Also, I beleive you can enter an address on the Fensa website and it can tell you when the windows were replaced. In our case, the windows were fitted in 2003 but we had one misted pane replaced in the spare room for £45 inclusive.