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Building regulations for old extension?

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I’m selling my late parents house and the estate agents are requiring lots of information so they have all the facts for buyers pre them committing to a purchase. One of the questions relates to modifications/extensions and building regulation requirements. There is a small utility extension, I’d guess about six by six feet (boiler, loo, washing machine) but I have no paperwork at all relating to this. Having spent the afternoon looking at old photos (to ensure it was actually an extension and I wasn’t imagining it not being there originally!) it seems to have appeared somewhere between 1978 and 1981 with a later change of window and a doorway blocked up but no change to the footprint.

My question is were there actually building regs that far back? Would a planning application have had to be made? Will a solicitor ask for paperwork and if so how would I get this? All the paperwork I have access to is very complete on everything but there is nothing related to the extension other than the boiler certificate. 

Thanks

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  • Alter_ego
    Alter_ego Posts: 3,842 Forumite
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    !978?  We all lived in caves then!
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  • poppystar
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    Alter_ego said:
    !978?  We all lived in caves then!
    But did they require building regs😄
  • davidmcn
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    Even if they did, it's ancient history. The paperwork for something that old is irrelevant. I wouldn't worry.
  • Slithery
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    Just tell the EA that you don't have the required information and that the buyers are expected to do there own due diligence.
  • Falafels
    Falafels Posts: 665 Forumite
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    The house I've just sold has an extension which was built in the 1970's; I did have the Planning and Building regs in place (from 1967!) but had to disappoint my buyer when she asked for the plans for the extension! It really wasn't a problem.
  • croag
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    I want to say the Buildings Regulation Act(?) came in in 1984, so anything before hand is ancient history.
  • Doozergirl
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    edited 19 October 2020 at 6:46PM
    croag said:
    I want to say the Buildings Regulation Act(?) came in in 1984, so anything before hand is ancient history.
    This ^^ 

    It wouldn't even require an indemnity policy, but no doubt some cheap conveyancer will be suggesting you buy one.  I'd refuse on the very simple basis that the extension pre-dates the national regulations, so no breach could have occurred.  

    The buyer can purchase their own if they think they need one.  


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