retrospective building regs

s77

Hi TroysMum

Yup, we are having somewhat of a nightmare! I have looked into what needs to be done re: conservatory and I think we might be ok as its less than 30m2, we could put a transparent roof on it and the footings were deep and in chalk. Its just such a dissapointment as it is currently the main selling feature of the house as it houses a large kitchen. Cant believe that the local authority are saying they are going to enforce after its been up over 10 years, has no sign of movement or damage and was signed off verbally by the first inspector.

I'm just crossing my fingers our tickets the one for this weeks lottery!

Doozergirl

s77 wrote: »

Cant believe that the local authority are saying they are going to enforce after its been up over 10 years, has no sign of movement or damage and was signed off verbally by the first inspector.

If it were a simple conservatory then I really could understand your viewpoint, but you've converted it into a proper habitable room more recently and that is entirely different to a simple conservatory with, as TroysMum describes, a permanent block between the house and conservatory in the form of an external door.

Can I ask what made you contact Building Control for sign off in the first place?

Pookle

Doozergirl wrote: »

I'm very much of the understanding that it either complies with modern regs or it doesn't. If you want building control sign off for work, it has to comply with modern regs unless it is a listed building in which case you can often get away with like for like. It doesn't make sense for a Building Control Officer to sign something off as acceptable 'then' when it isn't acceptable 'now'. It would just be a massive can of worms and too much of a possibilty of people worming out of their responsibilties by claiming work was older than it is.

Erm must be different in our firm then :rolleyes: