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Building Completion Certificate - Is this it?

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  • user1977
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    Maffy52 said:
    user1977 said:
    Have you checked on any online building control portal that the council has?
    I contact the local authority Building control and they said that the 'inspection and sign off' was handled by a external organisation - NHBC (I didn't know they did that, maybe bit of a conflict of interest!?). 
    Ok, but that doesn't answer my question. Which council is it?
  • stuart45
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    If you contact the NHBC they will send you the certificate.
  • Maffy52
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    stuart45 said:
    Building Control don't inspect houses that have an NHBC warranty. It's not a conflict of interest. When you build a house with the NHBC, the standards are much higher than with BC.
    Thanks, I didn't know that.
    My understanding is that NHBC still need to provide a building completion certificate to the initial purchaser of a new build property.
    They should then pass this on when they sell the property. Am I correct in my thinking here?
  • Maffy52
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    user1977 said:
    Maffy52 said:
    user1977 said:
    Have you checked on any online building control portal that the council has?
    I contact the local authority Building control and they said that the 'inspection and sign off' was handled by a external organisation - NHBC (I didn't know they did that, maybe bit of a conflict of interest!?). 
    Ok, but that doesn't answer my question. Which council is it?
    The local authority is Telford & Wrekin
  • stuart45
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    Maffy52 said:
    stuart45 said:
    Building Control don't inspect houses that have an NHBC warranty. It's not a conflict of interest. When you build a house with the NHBC, the standards are much higher than with BC.
    Thanks, I didn't know that.
    My understanding is that NHBC still need to provide a building completion certificate to the initial purchaser of a new build property.
    They should then pass this on when they sell the property. Am I correct in my thinking here?
    Contact the NHBC for a certificate. They usually send one quite quickly by email.
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