Electrical faults found- what should I do?

SBelgium123

I am currently in the process of buying my first property and I have found some issues with the electrics. It is currently vacant and is on a key payment plan with a few pounds still on the meter. 

The property is completely electric including the boiler. On my last visit, the lights were not working and I have never been able to turn on the hot water. 

I am not sure what I should do about this? Should I pay for an electrical installation condition report or should I get an electrician to review the property. Are there other options? 

Any advice would be great! 

canaldumidi

What did the vendor say when you asked why the lights don't work?

What did the vendor say about the boiler?

Has your solicitor sent Enquiries to the vendor? What replies did he give?

You say "a key payment plan with a few pounds still on the meter. " are you sure the electrics are on/live? Sending round an electrician will be pointless unless there is power that he can use to check!

user1977

SBelgium123 said:

On my last visit, the lights were not working and I have never been able to turn on the hot water. 

Were those specific problems or do you mean the electrics were completely off?

SBelgium123

canaldumidi said:

What did the vendor say when you asked why the lights don't work?

What did the vendor say about the boiler?

Has your solicitor sent Enquiries to the vendor? What replies did he give?

You say "a key payment plan with a few pounds still on the meter. " are you sure the electrics are on/live? Sending round an electrician will be pointless unless there is power that he can use to check!

I have spoken to the vendor and included it in my enquiries. The vendor said they were not aware of any problems with the electric and boiler and will not be following up on this. 

I turned on the power from the fuse box and it still didn't work. Like you said it would be pointless for an electrician to check if there isn't any power. I'm not sure what I should do now? 

Slithery

Are you sure that there is still credit left on the meter and it's not overdrawn by a few pounds instead?

That would seem more likely if it's been vacant for a while as the daily standing charge would still have been taken off.

SBelgium123

user1977 said:

SBelgium123 said:

On my last visit, the lights were not working and I have never been able to turn on the hot water. 

Were those specific problems or do you mean the electrics were completely off?

There are specific problems such as no hot water and the electrics do not turn on. This happened on the last visit, however the electrics were working on my initial visit.

The hot water has never worked, the estate agent did not know how to use the boiler so I am not sure if the boiler is broken or if it is turned off. 

Slithery

SBelgium123 said:

user1977 said:

SBelgium123 said:

On my last visit, the lights were not working and I have never been able to turn on the hot water. 

Were those specific problems or do you mean the electrics were completely off?

There are specific problems such as no hot water and the electrics do not turn on. This happened on the last visit, however the electrics were working on my initial visit.

The hot water has never worked, the estate agent did not know how to use the boiler so I am not sure if the boiler is broken or if it is turned off. 

I believe what user1977 was asking was whether or not it was just the lights and boiler that didn't work (and the other electrics did) or was it all of the electrics that didn't work?

Robin9

SBelgium123 said:

I am currently in the process of buying my first property and I have found some issues with the electrics. It is currently vacant and is on a key payment plan with a few pounds still on the meter. 

The property is completely electric including the boiler. On my last visit, the lights were not working and I have never been able to turn on the hot water. 

I am not sure what I should do about this? Should I pay for an electrical installation condition report or should I get an electrician to review the property. Are there other options? 

Any advice would be great! 

By "boiler" do you mean a very big tank feeding wet radiators - if so think no more and walk away unless you have very, very deep pockets !

What is the heating -  storage, panel or electric wet  (as above) ?

canaldumidi

Have you tried plugging something into a socket?

Or using any other electrics?

Sounds like there's nopower rather than any faults.

Bt if the 'boiler' does not work, budget to replace it. In fact even if it works, budget to replace it - they cost a bomb to run!

Or find another property.

SBelgium123

Robin9 said:

SBelgium123 said:

I am currently in the process of buying my first property and I have found some issues with the electrics. It is currently vacant and is on a key payment plan with a few pounds still on the meter. 

The property is completely electric including the boiler. On my last visit, the lights were not working and I have never been able to turn on the hot water. 

I am not sure what I should do about this? Should I pay for an electrical installation condition report or should I get an electrician to review the property. Are there other options? 

Any advice would be great! 

By "boiler" do you mean a very big tank feeding wet radiators - if so think no more and walk away unless you have very, very deep pockets !

What is the heating -  storage, panel or electric wet  (as above) ?

Yes the boiler is a very big tank, it is dd145 boiler megaflo. All the radiators are electric.


This is my first property and it is the first time I've seen a boiler like this so I have no experience with how this works. Should I get a professional to check it works?

canaldumidi

google?

https://www.heatraesadia.com/products/cylinders-and-hot-water/unvented-cylinders/megaflo-eco

https://www.mytub.co.uk/megaflo-he-dd145-direct-cylinder-product-299877

https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/megaflo-dd145-questions.337071/

If used in conjunction with economy 7 electricty (so water is heated at night) costs willbe cheaper than day-time electricity.