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FTB - Seller has no building certificate for the extension done under permitted development
sam.ssrs
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I am purchasing a 1930s semi-detached house.
The current seller has done a small extension to the kitchen and brought down what he claims to be a non-load bearing wall. This is done under the permitted development which is understandable. He does not have a planning permission which is clear too.
But he also does not have a building regulation certificate. Is the work done under permitted development exempt from building regulation? I have raised this to my solicitor but asking for opinion here.
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I just double checked, the seller is saying that the work is "exempt from building regulation". I did not know such a thing existed but a quick Google tells me that it does.
So the question is - should I take the seller on the face value or enquire more?
The current seller has done a small extension to the kitchen and brought down what he claims to be a non-load bearing wall. This is done under the permitted development which is understandable. He does not have a planning permission which is clear too.
But he also does not have a building regulation certificate. Is the work done under permitted development exempt from building regulation? I have raised this to my solicitor but asking for opinion here.
<<Update>>
I just double checked, the seller is saying that the work is "exempt from building regulation". I did not know such a thing existed but a quick Google tells me that it does.
So the question is - should I take the seller on the face value or enquire more?
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No. Building regs and planning permission (or in this case, permitted development) are completely different and he should have submitted a building regulations notice and received the certificate once the extension was approved by Building Control.Eat vegetables and fear no creditors, rather than eat duck and hide.0
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Yes some building work is exempt. But addition of an extension is not.0
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It's only exempt from Building Control if it's an outbuilding (conservatories fall these) or porch. Both must be separated from the house with an external quality door.
Is it an outbuilding? You appear to be saying that he's made the kitchen larger by the term "small extension to the kitchen", but the. I guess you could also be talking about a rudimentary utility lean-to type affair.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Doozergirl wrote: »It's only exempt from Building Control if it's an outbuilding (conservatories fall these) or porch. Both must be separated from the house with an external quality door.
Is it an outbuilding? You appear to be saying that he's made the kitchen larger by the term "small extension to the kitchen", but the. I guess you could also be talking about a rudimentary utility lean-to type affair.
He has added a 7ft X 2f extension to kitchen which is not the full floor height. He may not have moved any utility points or added/removed them.0 -
He has added a 7ft X 2f extension to kitchen which is not the full floor height. He may not have moved any utility points or added/removed them.
Doesn't matter if he's moved utility points.
Has he removed part of the back wall of the house in order to make the kitchen larger?
Is it on Rightmove? I cannot picture what you are saying? A picture would help!Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Sounds like the owner may have gone into a pre-existing outhouse or outside loo. We had one on our first house and many owners of similar houses did knock through from the kitchen. This was back in the carefree '70s and '80s.
As I recall, it was a cinder block dividing wall and not load-bearing.
Nowadays, the floor of the outhouse would require insulation if brought inside the house, and this, plus the bricking-up of the extra doorway, would require building regs sign-off.0 -
How long ago was this work done?0
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ciderboy2009 wrote: »How long ago was this work done?
This ^^^^^^
If the work was done 20 years ago, the risk profile is very different to where it was done a year ago.0 -
What does your solicitor say about it?0
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This was done 6 years agociderboy2009 wrote: »How long ago was this work done?0
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