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Selling and window regs
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They would be out of any warranty, and are probably coming to the end of thir lives anyway. .
Blimey, I've got some uPVC windows that were fitted prior to 1990 that are still going strong! Have upgraded the locking systems.Make £2025 in 2025
Prolific £841.95, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £456.58, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £60, Shopmium £52.74, Everup £95.64 Zopa CB £30
Total (1/11/25) £1954.45/£2025 96%
Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Int £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus ref £50, Octopoints £70.46, TCB £112.03, Shopmium £3, Iceland £4, Ipsos £20, Misc Sales £55.44Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%0 -
I bought a house in a similar situation : no fensa cert
my solicitor said the risk I took was that the LA may insist on some enforcement order : he also said he had never known of a situation where this has happened.
I took the risk.0 -
FENSA seem to be quite useless.
We had our windows randomly inspected by FENSA for quality control after a re-fit. The surveyor guy said two were not up to standard for fitting and he'd see to it that they were finished-off properly.
Roll on a week, and the Certificate duly arrives from FENSA !
(We're not really bothered as the area re-fitted is soon to be re-rendered and we'll sort out the naff finishing then.)0 -
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We had a bit of a saga re this, when selling our house. Our buyer's solicitors were demanding indemnity insurance - which we were quoted £225 for!!!
After a lot of Googling, we found a legal site which offered the following refusal text:
we have also investigated Fensa and how it applies to Building Regulations. This leads us to believe that the time for enforcement action ended some considerable time ago and unless the Local Authority can show that the installation presents a danger to the public then there is no scope to argue the purchaser will be exposed to enforcement action.
Indemnity insurance is therefore unnecessary in our opinion. If the purchaser and her solicitors disagree then we would ask them to cite legal authority to support their argument that indemnity cover is necessary and indeed essential in terms of protecting their client’s interests.
Sent that in a letter to our solicitors and the subject wasn't raised again0 -
Blimey, I've got some uPVC windows that were fitted prior to 1990 that are still going strong! Have upgraded the locking systems.Thrugelmir wrote: »Still effective though? Looks aren't everything.
I suspect any uPVC window that was installed in the 80s won't have all the energy efficiency features as more modern uPVC windows.
Even my patio doors that were apparently installed in the mid 90s are a little drafty.0 -
We sold a house with windows that were looking worse for wear in some rooms. I just said that I had no FENSA certificates and had no idea when they were installed (long before I bought the property). If I recall you had the option of simply saying you did not have the certificates or "Do not know".
For a number items I said I did not have certificates - of course when I moved house, I found some of them but it was not needed by then!To err is human, but it is against company policy.0 -
Thrugelmir wrote: »Still effective though? Looks aren't everything.
Well they aren't draughty and they don't leak, as far as thermal efficiency is concerned, that's anybody's guess.Make £2025 in 2025
Prolific £841.95, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £456.58, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £60, Shopmium £52.74, Everup £95.64 Zopa CB £30
Total (1/11/25) £1954.45/£2025 96%
Make £2024 in 2024
Prolific £907.37, Chase Int £59.97, Chase roundup int £3.55, Chase CB £122.88, Roadkill £1.30, Octopus ref £50, Octopoints £70.46, TCB £112.03, Shopmium £3, Iceland £4, Ipsos £20, Misc Sales £55.44Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%0
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