Building Work Guarantee Transferable?

propertyrental

GDB2222 said:

doodling said:

Hi,

The only entity that can claim under the warranty (or transfer it to a new entity if that is permitted) is whoever contracted with the people who built the conservatory (i.e. the previous owner).

If the warranty hasn't been transferred to you then you have no standing to obtain any benefit under the warranty, or under the law in general come to that (other than some narrow rights with respect to death or injury which don't appear to apply here).

If you think about a car warranty, that's usually transferable. It stays with the car, despite changes of ownership, and there's no need to do anything to transfer it.  The car warranty may be written down, but the piece of paper is of no importance. 

The OP's conservatory warranty might be similar, but the manufacturers are denying that it is. 

Not sure why cars would be a special case, but I think they are. Could be because car warranties are provided by the manufacturer, whilst I suspect the conservatory warranty is usually provided by the installer/retailer/builder?

doodling

Hi,

GDB2222 said:

doodling said

Hi,

The only entity that can claim under the warranty (or transfer it to a new entity if that is permitted) is whoever contracted with the people who built the conservatory (i.e. the previous owner).

If the warranty hasn't been transferred to you then you have no standing to obtain any benefit under the warranty, or under the law in general come to that (other than some narrow rights with respect to death or injury which don't appear to apply here).

If you think about a car warranty, that's usually transferable. It stays with the car, despite changes of ownership, and there's no need to do anything to transfer it.  The car warranty may be written down, but the piece of paper is of no importance. 

The OP's conservatory warranty might be similar, but the manufacturers are denying that it is. 

If the supplier is not honouring the warranty then the person who bought the conservatory is at liberty to sue the people who supplied it.

I suspect that car warranties may be subject to some peculiar legal provisions, or perhaps more simply, that car suppliers are more concerned about their reputation in the market.

lincroft1710

doodling said:

Hi,

GDB2222 said:

doodling said

Hi,

The only entity that can claim under the warranty (or transfer it to a new entity if that is permitted) is whoever contracted with the people who built the conservatory (i.e. the previous owner).

If the warranty hasn't been transferred to you then you have no standing to obtain any benefit under the warranty, or under the law in general come to that (other than some narrow rights with respect to death or injury which don't appear to apply here).

If you think about a car warranty, that's usually transferable. It stays with the car, despite changes of ownership, and there's no need to do anything to transfer it.  The car warranty may be written down, but the piece of paper is of no importance. 

The OP's conservatory warranty might be similar, but the manufacturers are denying that it is. 

If the supplier is not honouring the warranty then the person who bought the conservatory is at liberty to sue the people who supplied it.

I suspect that car warranties may be subject to some peculiar legal provisions, or perhaps more simply, that car suppliers are more concerned about their reputation in the market.

I would very much doubt the former owner of OP's house would go to the bother of attempting to sue the conservatory builder over £80 door handles which have no benefit for the former owner

GDB2222

doodling said:

Hi,

GDB2222 said:

doodling said

Hi,

The only entity that can claim under the warranty (or transfer it to a new entity if that is permitted) is whoever contracted with the people who built the conservatory (i.e. the previous owner).

If the warranty hasn't been transferred to you then you have no standing to obtain any benefit under the warranty, or under the law in general come to that (other than some narrow rights with respect to death or injury which don't appear to apply here).

If you think about a car warranty, that's usually transferable. It stays with the car, despite changes of ownership, and there's no need to do anything to transfer it.  The car warranty may be written down, but the piece of paper is of no importance. 

The OP's conservatory warranty might be similar, but the manufacturers are denying that it is. 

If the supplier is not honouring the warranty then the person who bought the conservatory is at liberty to sue the people who supplied it.

I suspect that car warranties may be subject to some peculiar legal provisions, or perhaps more simply, that car suppliers are more concerned about their reputation in the market.

I think it’s purely a business decision, perhaps with some pressure from government and whatever is the norm for the country. For example, my mobile phone warranty says:

This warranty only applies to the first purchaser, and begins on the original date of purchase by such first purchaser. In Latin America, any remaining warranty applies to resold products, except resold products that were refurbished, or repaired by an unauthorised service centre.


So it varies between countries!

user1977

The time to check what warranties were being transferred with the house (and whether any formalities were needed to do so) was during the conveyancing process.