Selling with NHBC cert

acs_2

melanieconway wrote: »

Hi

I am in the process of selling my house which is within it's NHBC guarantee.

The solicitors have asked for certificates for the boiler and electrics installation but I don't ever remember getting either of these, and I thought all this stuff would be covered by the NHBC inspection (i.e. not the fact that they are working, but that they have been installed correctly by competent people).

Am I wrong on this or should I have received some certificates?

Thanks
Mel

Ive just sold a property within its NHBC guarantee and the buyers asked for the NHBC cert but not the gas and electric certs.

My sale has gone through, so that suggests to me that they're not a legal requirement, so if you cant get them, I wouldn't worry.....

and look at it this way, if your buyer is prepared to walk away over them, perhaps they're not as serious as you thought!

If they insist you have both inspected, as you cant provide certs, just have it done, it shouldn't cost more than £50 a piece!

bylromarha

acs wrote: »

Ive just sold a property within its NHBC guarantee and the buyers asked for the NHBC cert but not the gas and electric certs.

Interesting...my buyers solicitor has asked for the NHBC cert and the gas and electric installation certificates.

melanieconway

Thanks all for the responses. I found the certificates in the end.

However the sale is becoming a really mickey take with the solicitors being worthy of being shoved off to the playground to play conkers!

The purchaser's solicitor is now demanding an S106 agreement which is something to do with adoption of the drains and implying they will demand a £1000 retention if we can't provide it! We have never been provided with this, and speaking to the Water Board they state that it's a legal agreement between them and the developer and we would never have received a copy!!

Additionally they are stating that because our house was built near a sewer easement line (??) we have a house that is built on 'contaminated land'. I mean, for crying out loud, the easement was there before the build of the whole estate and if the land was contaminated then PP would never have been granted in the first place, or a clean up exercise would have to have been done prior.

It's a new build house, I could imagine if it was old, but I can't believe so much hassle for a virtually new home!!!

G_M

You could always call their bluff and just write back "Not available. The buyer should rely on their own enquiries'.

Buyer then has choice to ignore the lack of S106 (and whatever else) and proceed,or pull out and lose their newhomeover a stupid bit of paperwork.

phill99

melanieconway wrote: »

I mean, for crying out loud, the easement was there before the build of the whole estate and if the land was contaminated then PP would never have been granted in the first place, or a clean up exercise would have to have been done prior.

PP being granted has do thing to do with the quality if the land. PP just means there is approval for the house to be built. The quality of the land it is being built on has nothing to do with the status of the planning permission.