Electrical Instulation

G_M

Jarviscocker wrote: »

It gets a bit boring repeating the same thing time and time again. Please can [STRIKE]everyone[/STRIKE]you read what [STRIKE]I’ve[/STRIKE]everyone here has written before.

I pay the solicitor to do the conveyencing on the house. which they did .............

I’ve since contracted the solicitor asking for clarity. good. So we can all go home now!

I think people on my thread also need to realise that I’m new to owning a house and asking for help.

Which you've received but seem determined to ignore.

Tom99

Jarviscocker wrote: »

It gets a bit boring repeating the same thing time and time again. Please can everyone read what I’ve written before.

Hi @Tom99 it’s on page 2 and it says good and satisfactory. I came on this board because I wanted to find out exactly what the report meant so I would know what steps (If any) to take. I’m also concerned as to why the date isn’t on the form.

I pay the solicitor to do the conveyencing on the house. As they did 40 other house completions on the same day as mine, they have far superior knowledge to me. As the problem happened on the weekend, I wrote the post on Sunday to try and gain some information. I don’t think I’ve blamed the solicitor for the report, I have however now realised that there are several inconsistencies.

I’ve since contracted the solicitor asking for clarity.

I think people on my thread also need to realise that I’m new to owning a house and asking for help.

I think the only steps you can take is to take up your complaint with the electrician who prepared the report. Find out which Government Approved body they are registered with and also contact them.
https://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/find-an-electrician/
Since you are not their client they do not have any liability towards you but there is no harm in trying.
I don't think your solicitor is going to be able to add anything.

Jarviscocker

Hi @Tom99 thanks for your reply. I don’t think I have a complaint at this moment in time, because I’m still trying to work out what the form is for and why it was issued. I do however need clarity on why there is no date and hopefully another page. However I’m the report also doesn’t have a name of an electrical organisation and after asking a relative he says the ones he’s seen do (I don’t mean the business name). I’m also wanting to get knowledge for future house purchases etc.

To those saying I don’t have a contract with the electrician and I should have got my own electrical report..... think about it like this. It was a requirement that the report was provided so yes I do have some part of it or else I wouldn’t have been supplied it. There is obviously a reason.

G_M

Jarviscocker wrote: »

To those saying I don’t have a contract with the electrician and I should have got my own electrical report..... think about it like this. It was a requirement that the report was provided so yes I do have some part of it or else I wouldn’t have been supplied it. There is obviously a reason.

Good grief! How many times.

You did not ask the electrician to produce the report.
You did not pay the electrician to produce the report.
You have, and never had, a contract with the electrician.
If you ask him about it, or complain to him, he could quite validly refuse to respond since you are just some Jarviscocker he's never heard of.

The report was not a requirement - as a buyer you can request a report from the seller who can choose to provide one or not.

You could complain to the seller, but he'll simply tell you he provided you with what he had (this report) and you accepted it.

You could complain to your solicitor, but he'll tell you he requested a report and on receipt he passed it to you. He'll also tell you if you had concerns about the electrics you could have had your own report undertaken.

If you had a survey done (did you?), I'd lay odds on the likelihood that it included a recomendation that you have the electrics checked. Or did you skip the survey too....?

Bored of repeating myself, so out now.

Jarviscocker

^im not even going to bother to reply

Sapphire

Probably easiest just get the problem fixed by an electrician (shouldn't be too expensive) and cease expending time and energy, and possibly further money, on this issue.

Life's too short.

Davesnave

You keep saying that this paperwork was required because electrical work was carried out in the property, but if a house is rewired, or circuits significantly extended or altered, the relevant piece of paper required by Building Regulations is a Building Regulations Compliance Certificate.


What you received was an EICR which is not the same thing at all.


My Building Regs Certificate for an complete rewire of a 4 bed bungalow is a single piece of paper.


And now I'm out too, having made my main points in post 6, later reiterated by others. There's nothing else to say

Jarviscocker

Hi @dave so what is a EICR used for?
Surely the owner would only have to supply that to the building authorities?

Jarviscocker

Hi @sapphire part of reducing stress, strain and money is to also learn. I’m trying to learn what I did wrong or what everything actually means.

Tom99

Davesnave wrote: »

You keep saying that this paperwork was required because electrical work was carried out in the property, but if a house is rewired, or circuits significantly extended or altered, the relevant piece of paper required by Building Regulations is a Building Regulations Compliance Certificate.
What you received was an EICR which is not the same thing at all.
My Building Regs Certificate for an complete rewire of a 4 bed bungalow is a single piece of paper.
And now I'm out too, having made my main points in post 6, later reiterated by others. There's nothing else to say

My guess is that the seller admitted to undertaking electrical work on TA6 but could not produce the Domestic Electrical Installation Certificate. In order to make up for that and be able to produce something the seller commissioned the Electrical Installation Condition Report.