Property report

mbugsy18

Only single storey.

AdrianC

Even single storey...

B'sides, the BR inspector will definitely want to check the foundations.

mbugsy18

ok, so the indemnity insurance won’t be necessary if I plan to replace the conservatory with an extension.

AdrianC

mbugsy18 said:

ok, so the indemnity insurance won’t be necessary if I plan to replace the conservatory with an extension.

Correct. If you're demolishing the conservatory, why would anybody care if the conservatory was built properly?

Even if they could care, which they can't, because it's been there too long.

mbugsy18

Thanks @AdrianC.
I have now spoken with the estate agent and he said the seller is happy to buy the indemnity policy and it was more the solicitor pushing back.
anyway, I now am concerned that the gas boiler doesn’t have a gas safe registration certificate and the seller is refusing to service the boiler and provide a gas safety record. The solicitor is saying it’s in good working order as per the property forms and that’s it.
I am slowly going of this house.

TheProfessional

We hadn't had out boiler serviced for 2 years so the buyers asked for it to be done. Cost us £45 to keep them happy from that respect.

We also had a problem with buying out place the conservatory was made part of the house with no building regulations. We got a structural engineer in to check the removed wall and make sure it was structurally sound. Now we are in and the weather is cold, the conservatory area is a little chilly...

greatcrested

mbugsy18 said:

..... I now am concerned that the gas boiler doesn’t have a gas safe registration certificate and the seller is refusing to service the boiler and provide a gas safety record. ....

If you want the boiler checked, send in your own gasSafe engineer to inspect it.

In exactly the same way that you get a surveyor to check the structure/rood etc, and you get a solicitor to check the legal Title.

Not everyone gets their boiler serviced annually. There's no requirement to do so. My elderly father did not get his serviced for 25 years (I finally pursuaded him to!).

mbugsy18

Thanks for the information. I was led to believe by the estate agent the boiler etc was serviced in 2020 to ensure the property was sold. It just sounds fishy to me as it is not a great cost to get this done. I had mine done as well to keep my buyer happy. 

Tiglet2

There is no requirement to get the boiler serviced legally, so the vendor could say no.  In which case you have to take a view on this.  On the other hand the vendor may agree to get the boiler serviced for the sake of good relations, or at the very least, forward the service report for the service done in 2020.  The estate agent would have probably asked the vendor if the boiler had been serviced but they won't ask for evidence to collaborate that.

mbugsy18

I guess my concern is that there is no gas safe registration certificate and no idea how old the boiler is from the information given in the property information forms.