Help needed!! Should I trust my window fitter?

passion_flower

Can I chim in and say we have just sold our house with replaced windows and no FENSA.
Our wonderful builder local fitted them 10 years ago and they are as good as they were on the 1st day.
We sold our house in july and we took a £15 indemnity policy for said windows.
Solicitor was able to do this with nothing else needed and no delays on our purchase.

cyclonebri1

wallbash wrote: »

And as such can also make the easiest task take hours!

Yes but you don't have to let 'er know that you could actually do 4 times as much in a day;);)

Furts

passion_flower wrote: »

Can I chim in and say we have just sold our house with replaced windows and no FENSA.
Our wonderful builder local fitted them 10 years ago and they are as good as they were on the 1st day.
We sold our house in july and we took a £15 indemnity policy for said windows.
Solicitor was able to do this with nothing else needed and no delays on our purchase.

If one thinks of goodwill to fellow human beings I find this alarming.

The "wonderful builder" was so wonderful that he had not registered with Fensa, nor sought Building Regulations.

OP has the legal duty for applying for Building regulations but chose not to do so.

OP is, probably, not qualified to comment on whether the builder is wonderful, nor if the windows are satisfactory.

Are the Low E units fitted back to front? Are the frames double sealed to the openings in a satisfactory manner? Have the door thresholds received adequate full support?...

The proof of good workmanship was to gain acceptance from Building Control, but neither OP nor builder followed this route.

The Solicitor knows the law, but chose not to follow accepted procedures.

Why? Because it is cheaper to add to the profits of an insurance company than to pay for Builder Inspectors to do their jobs.

Instead it is back to buyer beware - find the quick, cheap fix (or bodge) and pass the buck to the next purchaser.

How does this resolve problems and improve the nation's housing stock?

wallbash

Furts wrote: »

If one thinks of goodwill to fellow human beings I find this alarming.

The "wonderful builder" was so wonderful that he had not registered with Fensa, nor sought Building Regulations.

OP has the legal duty for applying for Building regulations but chose not to do so.

OP is, probably, not qualified to comment on whether the builder is wonderful, nor if the windows are satisfactory.

Are the Low E units fitted back to front? Are the frames double sealed to the openings in a satisfactory manner? Have the door thresholds received adequate full support?...

The proof of good workmanship was to gain acceptance from Building Control, but neither OP nor builder followed this route.

The Solicitor knows the law, but chose not to follow accepted procedures.

Why? Because it is cheaper to add to the profits of an insurance company than to pay for Builder Inspectors to do their jobs.

Instead it is back to buyer beware - find the quick, cheap fix (or bodge) and pass the buck to the next purchaser.

How does this resolve problems and improve the nation's housing stock?

Its a window.......

It lets light in and keeps the wind out , we have had windows for many years , we DON'T need a useless piece of paper to prove that.

As for problems or improving housing stock , will repeat its a window.

passion_flower

Furts wrote: »

If one thinks of goodwill to fellow human beings I find this alarming.

The "wonderful builder" was so wonderful that he had not registered with Fensa, nor sought Building Regulations.

OP has the legal duty for applying for Building regulations but chose not to do so.

OP is, probably, not qualified to comment on whether the builder is wonderful, nor if the windows are satisfactory.

Are the Low E units fitted back to front? Are the frames double sealed to the openings in a satisfactory manner? Have the door thresholds received adequate full support?...

The proof of good workmanship was to gain acceptance from Building Control, but neither OP nor builder followed this route.

The Solicitor knows the law, but chose not to follow accepted procedures.

Why? Because it is cheaper to add to the profits of an insurance company than to pay for Builder Inspectors to do their jobs.

Instead it is back to buyer beware - find the quick, cheap fix (or bodge) and pass the buck to the next purchaser.

How does this resolve problems and improve the nation's housing stock?

Sorry I should have pointed out that we couldn't find the certificate at the time of selling and call me whatever you wish I wasn't going to go to the depths of trying to retrieve it (which would have probably costed more).
It was my fault for misplacing it and it was my duty to put my buyers mind at rest. And that I did very easily with the help of my solicitor.
And I was only trying to reassure OP that the worse is not going to happen if he does go for the cheaper option, its a big world out there and I am fairly certain that the nation housing stock will not collapse without these certificates which are pretty worthless anyway.
My builder worked and lived in our village all his life, and yes he is wonderful in fact he is worth pure gold. If I have a problem I can find him easily.