Selling House and Just Discovered Gas Engineer Didn't Register Boiler

macman

If the property is being sold as a BTL with sitting tenants then I don't see the problem. You have a current GSC. There's no requirement to supply anything else. The only thing you have lost is any manufacturer's warranty on the boiler, but, at 8 years since install, this may already have expired. The maximum is usually no  more than 10 years, but it could have been as little as 5.

TBagpuss

housebuyer143 said:

Grizebeck said:

housebuyer143 said:

Mercurial said:

I bought a rental property back in 2016 and at the time installed gas central heating.   The gas engineer told me he had registered the boiler and all paperwork was sent to the letting agents.   I've had annual testing and everything is fine with no issues.   But when I went online to get a copy of the certificate it wasn't registered.   My letting agent is trying to contact the engineer but he's no longer trading. 

Has anyone had this issue before?  I'm prepared to replace the boiler if necessary to ensure the sale goes through smoothly. 

TIA

You will likely need to get an indemnity insurance policy through the solicitors. I imagine you have receipts to show a qualified engineer installed it. 

such a waste of money they are

Don't disagree, but the lawyers must make a killing forcing everyone into getting them!

Not really.  most lawyers are not getting any form of commission. Having so many indemnities is partly due to lenders requirements and partly that as people are very ready to blame / try to claim from conveyancers /solicitors if there are any problems, they have to make sure that they advise people to get insurance because if not, the risk is that they end up being expected to foot the bill. 

TripleH

Is the rest of the address correct on the certificate and that the postcode does not cover a similar sounding street name?

This is to 'argue away' the error as a typo.

For peace of mind have you contacted the manufacturer to advise of the typo?

Mercurial

TripleH said:

Is the rest of the address correct on the certificate and that the postcode does not cover a similar sounding street name?

This is to 'argue away' the error as a typo.

For peace of mind have you contacted the manufacturer to advise of the typo?

The post code doesn't exist.  Yes, the rest of the address is correct.  I'll try to contact the manufacturer.  Thanks.

Slinky

Our boiler wasn't registered by the Corgi (as it was then) installer. We didn't realise at the time and couldn't track him down when we found out. When we sold our house 12 years later we told the estate agent to tell all viewers that the boiler wasn't registered but it had been serviced regularly. It didn't stop us selling and didn't cause any problems, I think because we'd been upfront about it so it didn't appear we were trying to hide anything.  Our purchaser didn't even bother having a survey done we were that upfront with the boiler and the buildover agreement we had for our extension which might have put people off.

Mercurial

Slinky said:

Our boiler wasn't registered by the Corgi (as it was then) installer. We didn't realise at the time and couldn't track him down when we found out. When we sold our house 12 years later we told the estate agent to tell all viewers that the boiler wasn't registered but it had been serviced regularly. It didn't stop us selling and didn't cause any problems, I think because we'd been upfront about it so it didn't appear we were trying to hide anything.  Our purchaser didn't even bother having a survey done we were that upfront with the boiler and the buildover agreement we had for our extension which might have put people off.

That's good to know thanks.  Hopefully,  the buyer's are satisfied. 

silvercar

We bought a house where the boiler installation one year previously wasn't certified. We didn't know who had installed it. The seller provided a GSC and said accept it or don't, he can't go back in time.

3card

We have just sold a house that had been let out since 2016. The new boiler was installed just before we bought the property in the same year.
The boiler was never on the building regs register so our FTB's were pushing into insisting for an indemnity policy to cover it. I think it cost us £45 so it was cheap to sort the problem out

Mercurial

My estate agent advised they requested a Building Regulations Compliance Certificate to be issued from the Gas Safe Register.   Hopefully this resolves the issue.  The indemnity insurance is reasonable priced so that's a good option if buyers aren't satisfied. 

newsgroupmonkey_

Mercurial said:

Slinky said:

Our boiler wasn't registered by the Corgi (as it was then) installer. We didn't realise at the time and couldn't track him down when we found out. When we sold our house 12 years later we told the estate agent to tell all viewers that the boiler wasn't registered but it had been serviced regularly. It didn't stop us selling and didn't cause any problems, I think because we'd been upfront about it so it didn't appear we were trying to hide anything.  Our purchaser didn't even bother having a survey done we were that upfront with the boiler and the buildover agreement we had for our extension which might have put people off.

That's good to know thanks.  Hopefully,  the buyer's are satisfied. 

If I was buying your house, I'd not care. The fact that you get a GSC every year that tells me that the installation is safe would be good enough for me.

I mean, if you do find the installation certificate, what difference would it make? It's no longer under warranty.