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Indemnity from Previous Owner

Hello - we've just accepted an offer on our house yesterday. We bought 3 years ago and the previous owner purchased indemnity insurance to cover lack of building regs/fensa certs for our double glazing windows which they did themselves. I believe this covers all future owners but I'm not sure whether I pass this on via my solicitor or to the estate agent.

Whats the best way to handle this?

Thanks :)

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  • Surrey_EA
    Surrey_EA Posts: 2,051 Forumite
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    One for you solicitor to deal with.
  • When I sold my last house it was the legal firm I used that requested copies of all Fensa certificates for the house.
  • Levs01
    Levs01 Posts: 224 Forumite
    Im not sure on the cost of the insurance but ive just had to pay out for copies of my fensa certificates at £20 each (two separate installs so £40 in total) and a further £6 for the building regs cert for the install of the boiler. Wonder if it would have been cheaper to get insurance :(
  • davidmcn
    davidmcn Posts: 23,596 Forumite
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    Your solicitor. The estate agents won't know one end of the indemnity policy from the other.
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