ECIR unsatisfactory on house sale

[Deleted User]

Hi, ECIR been done on property im selling for the benefit of the buyer , as his solicitor said it NEEDS to be done as it may be an issue when the buyer comes to insure the property.....Really...never heard that before...anyhow to keep the process going we had the ECIR done.....
Now I'm concerned as most would be that it's come back as unsatisfactory....which I thought might be the case....currents refs etc etc.
The buyer is despaeatr to get in, is chomping at the bit to sign etc, but now I'm not sure which way this is going to go....
I have spent to-date £560 getting bits out right for his benefit including this report.
If he comes back at this point asking for a reduction or for us to out right any probs etc what should we do....we are moving out regardless of sale falling though etc so it will just go straight back on market.......all this has come about with the electrics because we had extra sockets etc added to the kitchen and utility room when it was upgraded in 2008 and my solicitor said I had to be honest and tell them this.......your thoughts please.

Slithery

If your buyer wanted an EICR so badly they should have paid for it themselves but it's too late now. It's up to your buyer whether or not to try and renegotiate, and it's up to you whether you do or not.

Did anything actually fail or is it just unsatisfactory? If the latter then it's the same as 99.9% of all properties in this country, only recent new-builds will be fully up to date.

kinger101

I've never been asked whether a property has a EICR when I've applied for insurance, but the fact there has been electrical work done does require some paperwork. Are you sure the solicitor didn't ask for the "EIC". This is the paperwork usually issued by an electrician when certain types of work have been done.

If you didn't have these, then I can understand the need for the EICR. The potential purchaser usually pays for this, but there's no rule saying the vendor shouldn't.

AdrianC

What were the C1 items? They're "actively dangerous". You really ought to be sorting those.

C2 is "dangerous if you go fiddling", FI is "Don't really like this, better dig further"
The buyer may wish to address those.

C3 is "Not up to current standard". Well, woop. Like the vast majority of houses out there, unless they've been built or rewired since the 18th edition of the wiring regs became current at the start of this year...

Your father may have been very competent, but Part P of building regs meant that his work needed to be signed off...

davidmcn

[quote=[Deleted User];discussion/6065470]The buyer is despaeatr to get in, is chomping at the bit to sign etc[/QUOTE]
Great. If necessary, gently remind them that you've already provided them with more than most buyers would get.

The insurance thing is a load of nonsense.

kinger101

There's no way I'd buy a property in which DIY electrical work had been done in the kitchen without it being signed off by a qualified person, or an EICR.

So the solicitor was right in advising the client to get one in place before purchase. You could have argued vendor should pay, but that ship has already sailed.

If they want anymore expensive paperwork, make them pay.

kinger101

[quote=[Deleted User];76450830]I totally understand that Kinger101, but how would you know unless like us the vendor was honest enough to admit to it....[/QUOTE]

Honesty is the best policy. You're trying to ensure they have no comeback.

AdrianC

[quote=[Deleted User];76450821]C1 applies to up/down sockets ......
Excessive earth loop impedance ????[/QUOTE]
The earth for those sockets has failed to meet requirements, because it's too high resistance...

Is it just a bit high, because of a crappy connection somewhere, or is it simply not connected AT ALL?

AdrianC

Sounds like just a basic valuation, not a survey.

AdrianC

[quote=[Deleted User];76450904]AdrianC....I have no idea...would it say on the report somewhere or not...totally out of my scope of knowledge[/QUOTE]
I dunno if it says on the report. I can't read it from here.

AdrianC

Buyer beware.

But, of course, the putative buyer doesn't want to exchange and complete at the moment, because he wants the electrics sorting first... And such is his right.