Armageddon for flat owners - PAS 9980 even worse than EWS1 fiasco?!

AdrianC

seradane said:

AdrianC said:

I wonder if a full transcript of their interview with Evans would include him reminding them that the new standard has not yet been published, and won't be for another three months?

Of course, but not much point to ignore it during consultation period and then complain about it's faults once it's already implemented?

The consultation period ended four months ago.

What did you submit?

rachel230

AdrianC said:

The consultation period ended four months ago.

What did you submit?

How do you know the poster submitted anything?
How do you know they were aware of the consultation prior to it ending?

AdrianC

rachel230 said:

AdrianC said:

The consultation period ended four months ago.

What did you submit?

How do you know the poster submitted anything?
How do you know they were aware of the consultation prior to it ending?

Well done, you understood my point.

bouicca21

I’m looking on the bright side.  If my flat is worthless, there will be no IHT for my children to pay …

seradane

AdrianC said:

rachel230 said:

AdrianC said:

The consultation period ended four months ago.

What did you submit?

How do you know the poster submitted anything?
How do you know they were aware of the consultation prior to it ending?

Well done, you understood my point.

Well, I at least certainly haven't understood your point.

You dismissed the article author (who is neither myself, nor the OP of this thread), because the new standard hadn't been published yet.

I just pointed out that that's precisely the point of a consultation period, to determine issues before it's published.

You then asked me what I had submitted in the consultation period? What point exactly were you trying to make?

NameUnavailable

I only heard about this particular issue when I saw the article in the paper on Sunday.

Why assume everyone knows everything about everything? I'm sure you don't @AdrianC

NameUnavailable

bouicca21 said:

I’m looking on the bright side.  If my flat is worthless, there will be no IHT for my children to pay …

Good for you! I hope you have the funds ready to pay for the 'remedial works' that any intrusive survey is bound to suggest, which could be a few £K or many tens of thousands, just like those poor sods having to pay for recladding works.

NameUnavailable

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seven-day-weekend said:

Oh dear!  So my six-year-old purpose-built low-rise flat built with cavity walls and traditional materials (no cladding) will have to be assessed in this manner?  And no-one can get a mortgage on it until it is?

Yes, and it's worthless until you get it done. You are in massive negative equity. Welcome to the nightmare.

And even more negative equity to pay for the remedial works to bring the building up to whatever new standars are deemed necessary!

AdrianC

seradane said:

I just pointed out that that's precisely the point of a consultation period, to determine issues before it's published.

To which I reminded you that the consultation period ended four months ago, while the final standard had not yet been published.

We do not know what the final standard will be.
We cannot influence it at this stage.

NameUnavailable

AdrianC said:

seradane said:

I just pointed out that that's precisely the point of a consultation period, to determine issues before it's published.

To which I reminded you that the consultation period ended four months ago, while the final standard had not yet been published.

We do not know what the final standard will be.
We cannot influence it at this stage.

So? I didn't say it was final I was just raising it as it was the first I'd heard and haven't seen any other mention of it on here.

As for influence, of course the outcome can be influenced by opinions and feedback at any point until a final decision is made (and then after that of course as happened with the various revisions to EWS1).