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Barratts Home with NO FENSA Certificate

samspud84
samspud84 Posts: 6 Forumite
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Hi All,

Im currently selling my house - a Barratts Home built in 2006. I cannot find a FENSA certificate - and the FENSA website has no record of one either?! Could this possibly be right? I have tried addresses of the whole estate and they are the same!

Thanks all x

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  • Mutton_Geoff
    Mutton_Geoff Posts: 4,027 Forumite
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    samspud84 wrote: »
    Hi All,

    Im currently selling my house - a Barratts Home built in 2006. I cannot find a FENSA certificate - and the FENSA website has no record of one either?! Could this possibly be right? I have tried addresses of the whole estate and they are the same!

    Thanks all x

    You don’t need one and one will have never been issued on a new build estate. Building control will have satisfied themselves. Expect more hassle from your purchasers uneducated conveyancers. I’m guessing they are using an online “cookie cutter” type firm?
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  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    If the windows were added by the/an owner subsequently to the original construction, then there should have been either
    * a FENSA cert
    * certass cert or
    * building Regs crtification.


    If the windows were installed during the original construction (2006) and never replaced, they would have been covered by the overall building regulations certification.
  • samspud84
    samspud84 Posts: 6 Forumite
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    Thanks for the reply Jeff - I haven't been asked for one yet. But my solicitor (in a list on a standard letter) has asked for a number of things inc a FENSA cert.
  • samspud84
    samspud84 Posts: 6 Forumite
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    Thanks mate
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