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Buying: asbestos and fire safety for share of freehold
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Good evening,
I am in the process of buying a small flat in London with a share of freehold, one of four in a small Georgian building partly re-done in the 1980s.
My solicitors have raised the issue of lack of asbestos and fire safety certificates, but then said it does not really matter; the sellers (executors of estate) have said they will not provide anything further.
The building is managed informally by the four freeholders' company, and has a communal hall and staircase. There were three recent sales in the building approximately 4-5 years ago.
I am aware this has been addressed before on the forum (sorry!), but still was not clear on the answer - particularly from a buyer's point of view.
Is this concerning? Should I hold off the purchase until these can be obtained?
Many thanks for any help or response!
I am in the process of buying a small flat in London with a share of freehold, one of four in a small Georgian building partly re-done in the 1980s.
My solicitors have raised the issue of lack of asbestos and fire safety certificates, but then said it does not really matter; the sellers (executors of estate) have said they will not provide anything further.
The building is managed informally by the four freeholders' company, and has a communal hall and staircase. There were three recent sales in the building approximately 4-5 years ago.
I am aware this has been addressed before on the forum (sorry!), but still was not clear on the answer - particularly from a buyer's point of view.
Is this concerning? Should I hold off the purchase until these can be obtained?
Many thanks for any help or response!
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More of a technical requirement, that the freeholder is meant to maintain a fire risk assessment and an asbestos register for the communal parts of the building. But you don't have those for the flat itself, so what difference does it make? I would just ignore and press on with the purchase.0
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