selling house, dont have electricity safety cert

Oakdene

Slinky wrote: »

That's all very well, but somebody I know got electrocuted from a commercial cooking range that hadn't been wired in properly. The doctors said if he hadn't been so fit (marathon runner), it would probably have killed him. You can't claim from beyond the grave. You're probably OK, but things can and do go wrong.

I appreciate that & that is why I have had the electrics checked when we moved in.

paulr70

Davesnave wrote: »

We just did. Take your pick.

sorry, i responded to the last message in the thread as it hadnt updated with the rest of the responses on my browser.

martinsurrey

G_M wrote: »

How long ago was the work done? Buiding Regs can only be enforced within 12 months.
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200128/building_control/38/building_regulations/3

G_M wrote: »

1) Building Conrol come along and inspect, and insist he upgrade/put right anything done wrong.
a) as per previous post - they only have 12 months

2) the work was poorly done or used poor materials (eg your sparkie installed an old consumer unit he had left over from the 60s) and the buyer's child gets electrocuted. An electrical inspection report (by you or the buyer) could ensure this was not the case.

not quite right.

A section 36 notice can only be issued within 12 months but there is no time limit for the local authority to seek an injunction against the works

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/55

section 36 part 6.

Now an injunction is a lot more involved and are only used for the more serious breaches, but to claim that building regs can ONLY be enforced for up to 12 months is plane wrong.

G_M

martinsurrey wrote: »

...
...., but to claim that building regs can ONLY be enforced for up to 12 months is plane wrong.

Thanks.
I was just following a flight of fancy, piloting on auto-pilot as it were....

TBagpuss

OP, in the first instance contact your agent and the electrician who carried out the work and ask them to provide the appropriate certificate.

If they can't / won't then let your solicitor know the position. You can answer that wok was done in 2014 but you don't have a certificate. The buyer will then either require and inspection and certificate, or an indemnity.

If the buyers say they want an inspection then in these circumstances I think it would be reasonable for you to at least contribute to the cost. You could, if you wished, arrange for your own electrician to inspect any way, and then the response to the buyer is 'the work was done in 2014, we don't have an original certificate but here's an inspection report from last week.