No completion certificate for boiler

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I got a combi boiler installed in April 2008.  I am selling the house and the seller information form asks for the corgi completion certifcate.  I only have the invoice, written on corgi headed paper, but no registration number is written on there.  Is this going to be a problem?  Will the solicitor insist on the completion certificate?

The boiler has been insured with British Gas homecare for many years and I have landlord gas safety certificates for the boiler up to date as the property was rented out.

Anyone got experience with this?  I am thinking it won't be an issue as the boiler is very old any way and so a new boiler is needed and the fact that British Gas has signed off the boiler each year for gas safety, it is not dangerous.  It was installed by a Corgi registered gas engineer at the time.  However, solicitors can be a stick in the mud for certificates and may not exchange contract until they get a certificate or a retrospective one.

silvercar

We had this when we bought. Our buyers said all they have is a gas safety certificate. Take it or leave it.

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silvercar said:

We had this when we bought. Our buyers said all they have is a gas safety certificate. Take it or leave it.

i have had a few boilers installed and i don't always get the completion certificate.  i asked for one recently when a new boiler was installed and the engineer showed me the submission as proof that i will get the certificate, but i still haven't received it!  so i don't know how common a problem this is.

House_owner

This came up when I sold my house. My solicitor suggested an idemmity certificate to cover it, and the sale went through fine.

diystarter7

Hi

Its not a big deal, just get it checked out for your own safet and intially at least have a carbon monoxide alarm installed just in case.

summer_daze009

If the installation was notified to CORGI at the time, which seems likely, you can get an emailed duplicate certificate. Although it will cost £40.00 plus VAT

https://corgiservices.com/corgi-replacement-certificates/

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diystarter7 said:

Hi

Its not a big deal, just get it checked out for your own safet and intially at least have a carbon monoxide alarm installed just in case.

the boiler has been working since 2008, so 15 years have passed since it was installed, and surprisingly it is still working!  and british gas have been maintaining it since 2009 so it is certainly safe.  there is already a carbon monoxide detector there.

it is not a question of safety but whether the solicitor will insist on the completion certificate for such an old boiler, that is not at risk because of the time it has been in use and its maintenance with british gas.

daveyjp

Solicitors are getting tiresome with requests such as this and stating insurance is the way forwards, it isn't.

The correct approach is for the buyer to have any tests on gas electrical and plumbing installations carried out before purchase and their survey will advise them to do so.

Advise them you don't have a certificate.

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summer_daze009 said:

If the installation was notified to CORGI at the time, which seems likely, you can get an emailed duplicate certificate. Although it will cost £40.00 plus VAT

https://corgiservices.com/corgi-replacement-certificates/

i don't think it was notified.  i paid the engineer in cash and i don't think he would have declared the work to the tax man.  and hence he wouldn't want any paper trail of the work.  at the time i didn't know anything about completion certificates to ask for one.  he was however corgi registered so the work has been done properly.

Noneforit999

As above, just tell them what you do have and its take it or leave it.

Any buyer who is willing to pull out of a sale because the vendor doesn't have a completion cert for a 15 year old boiler is going to be more trouble than they are worth anyway.

Their solicitor is just going to ask if you have it and if you don't, report this back to the buyer. Its not going to be a deal breaker. 

Drawingaline

This happened to us. It was installed properly by a gas safe plumber, invoiced correctly etc. He was just a bit....crap....at paperwork. I told my solicitor straight away. It was installed in 2012 (we sold in 2020) so she said it shouldn't be an issue, and we could get indemnity insurance if they insisted, but they didn't, just asked that it was serviced which we did a few weeks before completion.