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Fire Safety in New build properties
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And if the freeholder had surveyed the property properly then they would have spotted the defects before they bought it. Or if they had got collateral warranties from the developer's professional team then they could claim under those. None of this means the council is legally liable to the current owners.Red-Squirrel wrote: »As I said, if the inspector hadn't signed of inappropriately, the developer would have had to make the changes there and then to get the sign off, so no the freeholder wouldn't have been responsible for these particular repairs if things had happened as they should.0 -
Surely steelwork that was not fireproofed would not be picked up by any survey no matter how diligently performed as it would not be possible to see it. Surveyors cannot survey hidden defects unless it manifests in some visible way.And if the freeholder had surveyed the property properly then they would have spotted the defects before they bought it.
To me the problem is trusting construction companies to sign off their own work. Building inspectors should be from the local authority and not prone to pressure from their employers to turn a blind eye.0 -
Isn't that exactly why Building Control sign-off is the final stage after regular inspections during the progress of the project, with elements inspected before being hidden?
And the construction company didn't sign their own work off - they used a local authority-approved independent inspection company. Which is not only perfectly allowable, but fairly standard practice. Think of it as the LA outsourcing inspection.0 -
Which is why you'd also get collateral warranties.Surely steelwork that was not fireproofed would not be picked up by any survey no matter how diligently performed as it would not be possible to see it. Surveyors cannot survey hidden defects unless it manifests in some visible way.0 -
Well I did read about Lawerence House in Manchester and that fact the many home owners have paid out hundreds of thousands of pounds for unsafe properties and have been moved out of the unsafe building.
However I started this thread about current fire safety in New build homes.
New legislation comes into effect next week for HMO,s and Fire safety is one of the many standards I am trying to understand0
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