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No planning permission/building regs
amihohu
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Hi all,
The vendor of the property I am in the process of buying has no planning permission or building regs info fir a kitchen extension on the house. It is believed it was done at least 30 years ago, probably more like 40. The surveyor has said he can see no problem with it (just homebuyer, not structural survey) except that it's a single skin wall and flat roof, so the usual potential problems associated with those. Is this likely to cause us a problem when we sell on (hopefully not for many many years, but you never know!)? The vendor had said no to providing an indemnity policy. Is there anything we should be asking for/wary of? Thanks.
The vendor of the property I am in the process of buying has no planning permission or building regs info fir a kitchen extension on the house. It is believed it was done at least 30 years ago, probably more like 40. The surveyor has said he can see no problem with it (just homebuyer, not structural survey) except that it's a single skin wall and flat roof, so the usual potential problems associated with those. Is this likely to cause us a problem when we sell on (hopefully not for many many years, but you never know!)? The vendor had said no to providing an indemnity policy. Is there anything we should be asking for/wary of? Thanks.
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If it's that old (does your surveyor agree it's over 30 years old?) then nobody with any sense should care about it. An indemnity policy should be relatively cheap though if you want to cover all bases (or if your lender insists).0
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