House advertised a 3 bed but 3rd bedroom (attick room) has no building regs

sheramber

AdrianC wrote: »

Don't be daft.

Any work done only has to conform to BR at the time it was completed. If BRegs change, then nobody has to retro-upgrade any part of any existing property.

Unless you think that the release of <say> the 3rd amendment to the 17th edition electrical regs, in April 2015, mean that no house is sellable unless it conforms? Have you had your own property checked since then? Or how about the 17th edition themselves in 2008? Or the 16th edition in 1991? Or the 15th edition in 1981?

It has to conform to the building regs in force when the work is inspected. Anything done before the regs change and sIgned off will not need to be checked again.

But if work is done and not signed off , it is then checked against the regs in force at the time.

In 2006 we bought a house with an attic conversion that had been done with planning permission and building control in 1998. But a completion certificate had never been obtained.

This information was freely offered by the sellers.

They applied for the certificate but were told while a certificate could no longer be issued , a Letter of Comfort could be issued after inspection.

The inspection picked up three items that did not conform to current regulations and the sellers were required to get these updated before the letter would be issued.

As we were ready to move in before the work had been done the estimated cost of the work was retained by our solicitor until they received the letter from the council.

the work was done, the seller paid the bill, the council inspected it and issued the letter.

Our solicitor then forwarded the money he had held back to the sellers.