House Purchase - Property Information Form - Electric

enthusiasticsaver

I wouldn't worry about it too much beyond getting it safety tested. Most older houses don't have certificates for electrical work and usually there is no problem. My daughter has just bought a 1970s house which requires a complete rewire as my husband who is an electrical engineer noticed the cables in the loft are rubber coated. He has started rewiring it room by room as she was quoted £3k+ for a house rewire and he is perfectly capable of doing it and has done all our electrics since we moved into our house 25 years ago. An electrician friend suggested that he get a qualified electrician to fit a new consumer unit and do a safety certificate at the end which is what he is going to do.

Hoploz

crouchmagic wrote: »

Same sort of situation as me then. I'll look into the Gas Safe. I'm sure they said the gas engineer who did it for them lives opposite the house.

Go on to the Gas Safe website to get the number and phone or email them. They search by postcode and tell you whether certificates exist

I did the same for Fensa, Corgi and NICEIC too. They were all very helpful and responded immediately.

In my case the indemnity covered building regs for all previous extensions and alterations, as well as just the gas cert, so yes, the seller had to spend about £400. Idiot should have been more helpful. Yes, I'm still really annoyed about it ... I'd never even buy a £500 car with no service history, here I am with my forever home with not a shred of paperwork!!!

RedSky1974

Thanks for the help everyone. Seems like it is quite common so it should be sorted fairly easily