No Building Regulation Completion Certificates - Any other options?

tygar2

Doozergirl wrote: »

Step back here. You’re being given facts and yet you’re making assumptions, thinking the worst and actually, this is a good thing for you if the process is being re-started. Vendors aren’t allowed to lie on documents and the solicitor also knows the answers to those questions now, so there’s absolutey no reason for you to be so suspicious anout their motives with future buyers. They are doing the right thing here with you! I’m not sure why you’re allowing yourself to get so wound up about things that aren’t happening.

Might have been a bit of a misunderstanding. I am not wound up. My comment related to the process rather than the vendor in my case. I was highlighting how flawed the whole building regs and indemnity insurance situation is and how easily it can be manipulated should someone choose to.

Doozergirl wrote: »

The Building Inspector will let the homeowner know immediately what they are looking for in order to be able to issue the certificate. Local Authorities sometimes take a little while to issue certificates but they will often push it through quickly if they understand the position and the request is polite.

Thank you. That is good to know.

Doozergirl wrote: »

You can’t exchange and complete without the certificate now if you need a mortgage.

If anything, this is the biggest concern now though my solicitor is yet to indicate as such. This is why I said I was confused by the action taken by the vendor's solicitors as it may potentially derail the whole purchase.

Doozergirl wrote: »

If it is the gas and electric that worry you, then please know that those certificates will prove nothing. They are valid on the day of the test and no more.

It may well provide some peace of mind, but people are possibly wrong to feel that way as the absolute best way to know the current condition is to have your own electrical and gas checks carried out, just as you pay for your own buildings survey which gives a current report on the structural condition.

The absolute most important thing is current condition, not a report on a day 10 years ago.

As you said, the tests provide peace of mind especially in the absence of any other documentation. Are the other more effective ways available to try and ascertain condition of gas and electrics? I feel would have done what I can in terms of due diligence. They results will provide as best
an indication of current condition as I can get - if it is safe and not broken then I am happy.

Had there been building regs or even a service receipt then I would have not bothered with them.

Doozergirl

The best indiciation of current condition is to pay for tests now, so previous certs are not the best that you can get.