Solid Conservatory Roof No Building Regs

Cakeguts

If you are not happy with this extension on the house why are you still interested in buying the house? This is not going to be the only house on the market so if you look around you may find one that doesn't have this problem?

lincroft1710

Indemnity insurance will not compensate you for failure of the conservatory (or any part thereof). If you have contacted the council and they know the address of the property, you cannot take out indemnity insurance

eddddy

Markashia wrote: »

But as this doesn't protect us if the conservatory starts sinking because it lacks the correct foundations i'm not sure if this is even an option?

The only real ways to reassure yourself that the conservatory is not going to sink are:

- A surveyor (or somebody else knowledgeable) looks for signs of movement. e.g. cracks, deflections, lines which aren't horizontal/vertical, evidence of crack repairs.

- A structural engineer has holes dug around the conservatory to inspect the foundations and tests the soil.

- A structural engineer checks the original plans for the conservatory - and 'hopes' that the builder stuck to the plans.

- A surveyor/structural engineer can make an 'educated guess', by assuming it has 'typical' conservatory foundations, and assessing the additional weight of the new roof.


Although I suspect an excessively heavy roof would be more likely to push the conservatory walls outwards, than cause it to sink.

So I think it's more likely that the walls would fall over rather than sink - if that's any consolation!