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Missing building regulations paperwork previous owners
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I’m looking to sell my house and I’ve come across a problem wherein the previous owners had knocked down a wall to make an open kitchen dining but didn’t have the paperwork for the building regulations passed to us. The previous owners passed away and the building was probably done over 10yrs ago. What can we do? They say we can’t proceed without the paperwork.
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Who are "they"? How was it dealt with when you bought? Are you saying you know there was building regs paperwork but you just don't have a copy of it?0
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The Solicitor on the side of the people buying our house is asking for the building regs paperwork and we don’t have it neither do we know if the previous owners had done it since when we bought the house our solicitor had not picked up on it and said that it wouldn’t be a problem.0
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The Solicitor on the side of the people buying our house is asking for the building regs paperwork and we don’t have it neither do we know if the previous owners had done it since when we bought the house our solicitor had not picked up on it and said that it wouldn’t be a problem.user1977 said:Who are "they"? How was it dealt with when you bought? Are you saying you know there was building regs paperwork but you just don't have a copy of it?
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And what's your current solicitor's advice about how best to resolve it? Are you using the same solicitor as when you bought?0
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Would indemnity insurance not cover this? I am buying a property at the minute and the vendor is unable to find the building reg for the extension, their solicitor has recommended this.1
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It may not have required building regs at the time anyway.
We had the same thing done 11 years ago and didn’t need building regs approval as it was a non load bearing wall.0 -
Martin_the_Unjust said:It may not have required building regs at the time anyway.
We had the same thing done 11 years ago and didn’t need building regs approval as it was a non load bearing wall.Whilst a wall might not be load bearing, it could be providing lateral support to another wall, so still structural. It is unwise to go knocking down any wall without getting the opinion of a qualified structural engineer - A builder is not (generally) qualified to make that judgement.The OP has a choice - Contact the local Building Control Dept and ask if any sign-off paperwork was issued and get a copy, or get an indemnity policy. If going the indemnity policy, do not contact the council/BC as that would usually invalidate any policy.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
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An indemnity policy is pretty much a waste of time as it will only protect the purchaser from Building Control Enforcement, which is highly unlikely to happen after 10 years. It certainly won't protect the purchaser if the wall above the opening collapses.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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True. I ended up paying for indemnity insurance for equally ridiculous things just to keep the purchases moving. I’d like to see peoples experiences of pushing back against themlincroft1710 said:An indemnity policy is pretty much a waste of time as it will only protect the purchaser from Building Control Enforcement, which is highly unlikely to happen after 10 years. It certainly won't protect the purchaser if the wall above the opening collapses.MFW 2021 #76 £5,145
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