Fuse box for house is in the garage.

user1977

mikey_bach said:

Am led to believe the seller only has to provide a gas one.

Who is leading you to believe this? The seller doesn't need to provide anything.

mikey_bach

The solicitors have said.  You can ask for a certificate but it's now law that they have to provide one 

Bookworm105

user1977 said:

mikey_bach said:

Am led to believe the seller only has to provide a gas one.

Who is leading you to believe this? The seller doesn't need to provide anything.

6. Gas 

A gas safety certificate issued by a Gas Safe registered engineer (previously CORGI) shows your boiler is checked and safe.  You’re not legally obliged to have a gas safety certificate when you sell your home. But if you have a gas boiler, then a gas safety certificate – which you will have obtained when you last serviced your boiler – is recommended for your own safety.  Having evidence your boiler is safe and regularly maintained will no doubt be a positive for prospective buyers, helping drive them closer to the sale.

If you are a landlord you will need to show a gas safety certificate undertaken within the last year.

7. Electrical checks

If you have extended or altered the wiring in your home since January 2005, you must by law obtain a certificate known as a ‘Part P Building Regulation Certificate’ and have it ready for your solicitor to pass on to the buyer. This proves that all new electrical work and any changes meet standards. If you can’t locate your  certificate, speak to the electrician who carried out the work.

If you haven’t had any such works done, then sellers are under no legal obligation to provide buyers with an electrical safety certificate – also known as an Electrical Installation Condition Report. The onus is on the buyer rather than the seller of a property to check the electrics are safe.

Albermarle

 But if you have a gas boiler, then a gas safety certificate – which you will have obtained when you last serviced your boiler – is recommended for your own safety.

I did not realise that just having your boiler serviced, meant that you automatically got a gas safety certificate ?

I though they were two separate items?

subjecttocontract

Albermarle said:

 But if you have a gas boiler, then a gas safety certificate – which you will have obtained when you last serviced your boiler – is recommended for your own safety.

I did not realise that just having your boiler serviced, meant that you automatically got a gas safety certificate ?

I though they were two separate items?

So did I. In fact I am pretty certain they are 2 separate items.

mikey_bach

They are two different certificates 

Section62

mikey_bach said:

The wire goes from the house to the garage overheas its visible in armoured cable.   The estate agent has said its had one survey and was OK.  Am getting a new survey and electric check.  Am led to believe the seller only has to provide a gas one.  They have installed a new electric oven and hob 

Normally as an absolute minimum you'd have separate cables for lights, a ring circuit (or two), and the cooker.  Being a bungalow you won't have separate circuits for upstairs and downstairs, but even so there should be at least three or four cables, which if armoured cable was used would add up to a bundle getting on for 2" diameter.

I've never seen a setup like yours, so it could be a school day for me, but what you've described dosn't sound consistent with the consumer unit in the garage being the (only) one for the house.  It just doesn't add up.

That isn't a reason not to buy the property though, you just need to consider getting clarification of how the electrics work, if nothing else to make sure you won't be stung for the cost of what may be a more complex than typical re-wire.

If the vendor doesn't know how it works, but is willing to co-operate, it would be fairly easy to check by turning off the power on the consumer unit in the garage and seeing if the power goes off (on that circuit) in the house.  Obviously turning the electric off can be inconvenient (and carries a small risk of damage) so I'd understand if the vendor didn't want to do this.

mikey_bach

The garage is prefabricated a Waverly garage this concerns me.   The surveys will be in a few weeks so going to get a electrical  check asap