Electrical inspection report

MisterP123

When you get the report, check the observations section. You'll have three potential codes (c1, c2 & c3)

If you have any C1's, they are dangerous, the inspector should have carried out immediate work to make the installation safe. Like isolate the entire house and place a danger label.

If you have C2's, they are potentially dangerous and should be sorted as a matter of urgency.

C3's mean improvement recommended. In other words, they're not dangerous, but they don't meet current wiring regs. If the installation is 8 to 9 years old, I can't see it being anything to worry about.

As an example, if you have a plastic consumer unit in your house, you will have a C3 on your report as they need to be metal now. Not dangerous, but not to current standard, and the list is endless.

2010bubba

Hi all.....
Well it's been a week since our dreaded electrical inspection.....we've taken it upon ourselves to get few things corrected by qualified electrician to make sure it's safe.

We've not heard anything from our buyer since the inspection was done we was expecting phone call from him the next day to try some negotiation but nothing. Solicitors saying all going forward ok........What's your thoughts ????? Relax a bit or not lol

ED2

2010bubba wrote: »

Hi
Just after some advice please, had electrical inspection carried out on house yesterday.....we are 9 weeks into sale and purchase.... home buyers report done 3 weeks ago and gas inspection done. Both recommended from survey.

Electrical bought up some issues......new fuse box...some old wiring...couple plugs have issues. Electrician was nice guy who explained problems are things that we would not have been aware off and would do his report and estimate for work and advise buyer.

Question is what should we expect now we was originally looking at exchange and completion end may .... buyer offered full asking price thanks

Generally speaking, the buyer sorting out the problem saves the buyer money. The seller sorting out the problem saves the seller money, as they can use issues as a bargaining chip to get the price down.

This does of course depend on the position of both buyer and seller.

What I usually do is offer to split the cost of repairs.

lincroft1710

G_M wrote: »

My house was built in 1851. The foundations are shallow,

It should be demolished immediately! Could fall down at any time! It's 165 years old! Think of the children and little furry kittens!

I lived in a town with buildings 200/300 years old. Built before building regulations so clearly unsafe and dangerous. But would the stupid council order their demolition? Noooooo!!!! They just slapped preservation orders on them!

ReadingTim

lincroft1710 wrote: »

I lived in a town with buildings 200/300 years old. Built before building regulations so clearly unsafe and dangerous. But would the stupid council order their demolition? Noooooo!!!! They just slapped preservation orders on them!

Indeed. The lack of airbags on E-Type Jaguars doesn't seem to have affected their re-sale value either...

tightasagnats

So is an RCB fusebox generally a sign that things are OK i.e. safe electrically? I'm buying a house, has an RCB fusebox, green/yellow wires on pipes, which I've read is a sign that it's not an ancient wiring system....I do have a surveyor doing full buildings survey next week and also a sparky who will come out before I move in to check.

ProDave

Can you post a picture of your fuse box?

What code did he give the fuse box on the report, and what did he ACTUALLY say about it? What regulation number did he back up his statement with?

If the fuse box is safe, in good condition, but to an earlier version of the regs, it should only be a C3 which is advisory, and will not stop the overall condition being "satisfactory"

Some electricians are wrongly coding an older fuse box as a C2 thus making the report "unsatisfactory" and trying to get you to pay for unecessary work. That might be incompetence, that might be fraud.

2010bubba

Hi further to my post regarding electrical inspection......

Buyer has come back 2 weeks from exchange late Friday afternoon to re negotiate a 4K drop ..... gutted is an understatement any thoughts please :-(

G_M

"Thanks for the new offer on my property but I'm afraid I cannot accept. Please let me know if you wish to proceed at the originally agreed price otherwise I'll start marketing again."

Mickygg

Definately what GM says!