Corgi gas certificate for new build?

lagentium

Moved into a new build 5 years ago and now about to sell as moving to bigger place.

New buyers have asked us to pay for indemnity insurance as we don't have corgi certificate or fensa windows certificate for our house. Looked through all our paperwork but never got a copy of either of these from miller homes when purchasing house.

However, I have just read that new build properties do not require a fensa certificate as they go through local authority building control process. Does anyone know if this is the same for the corgi certificate or should we have a copy of this? Would like to avoid paying out an additional £50 if we can help it.

Russe11

£50, for the sake of keping the sale going through?

Not sure you could get anything corgi, gas safe is the standard these days.

if build was compleated after 1st april 2009.

Satisfy the buyers if they are paying what you want.

G_M

Tell them the cerificates are not required, but you are happy to facilitate access to the property so that their contractors can check the condition of the boiler and windows.

Buyers nowadays (and their solicitors) seem to want paper for just about everything.

Doozergirl

The completion certificate for the entire build covers FENSA and Corgi/Gas Safe. On a big job, they are all tied in together. Before issuing a completion certificate for a build, the inspector wants sight of those sorts o things from electricians and gas engineers. The windows are either under FeNSa or inspected on site - it's an either/or situation, FENSA would be usual for retrofit more than new build.

It clould have been done under the local authority, but was probably signed off by a private Building Control firm. I've never bought a new build, but presumably there is something like a completion certificate in the pack? You only need one.

ethank

You should have a gas installation certificate provided to you upon moving in. However, that is no proof that the system is safe today. Did you have an boiler service/gas safety check in the last 12 months?

When I sold my flat last year, I was asked to provide a gas safety certificate as part of the conveyancing process.