Missing completion certificates

Sclarke79

We are currently around two weeks away from what we thought would be our completion date but received a troubling email from our solicitors today. They have asked for a boiler compliance certificate for our oil-fired boiler plus building regs completion certificate and building regs approval.

The house was bought new in 2010 and we do not have any of this documentation (only an Nhbc certificate). We were never informed of this by our solicitors at the time and did not realise we needed it. What should our next move be? Is this going to stop us from being able to complete?

Any advice would be very gratefully received.

davidmcn

Sclarke79 wrote: »

What should our next move be?

Assuming you mean building regulation approval/completion certificate for the original construction of the house, it probably exists somewhere even if you haven't seen it. Lender? Previous solicitors? Get copies from the council / builder? Your solicitors can sort it out.

No idea about boiler compliance certificate assuming that's an original fixture.

Doozergirl

All of those documents are essentially the same one. If the boiler was new with the house it is covered under building regs. Bit strange that they have asked for a boiler cert as it only guarantees the installation was safe on the day it was certified. If that is genuinely the list of what they have asked for, the solicitor is a bit wet.

There would not be an NHBC certificate without a Building Control certificate.

Sclarke79

This is what we thought but the solicitors are not being very helpful and the local council have quoted me £300 to come out and issue a new compliance certificate on the boiler.

Do you think I should be able to get a copy of building regs from the local council?

chanz4

you don't have to, tell the buyer if wants to pay for it