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12 year old house never signed off

  • 23-03-2018 1:56pm
    #1
    Gun Monkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭


    Hi Guys,
    I hope this is in the corrrect section, my query is im wondering what needs to be considered before putting a house up for sale that has never been signed off at the time it was built? The house was built about 12 years ago by a builder and was a one off build. The attention to detail by the builder was poor and by the end of the build tensions were high and everybody was sick and tired of the whole thing. The snag list was given to builder by engineer but the builder never fixed the snags (dont have list anymore but there wasnt anything significant on it, just a lot of small things) and after chasing builder for ages it was eventually forgotten about and so engineer was never contacted to sign offon house and life just carried on. Now 12 years later, the house will be put up for sale sometime in 2019 and im wondering what will have to be considered or done in order to prepare and get things in order so as not to hold up any future sale? Is it as simple as getting an engineer in to survey and hopefully sign off on the house or am i being too optimistic in hoping it will be that simple? I am assuming that since the house was built 12 yrs ago that none of the part L stuff will apply?
    Thanks in advance for your time and any replies.


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  • #2
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Get an Engineer, Surveyor or Architect in to survey.
    They may be able to issue an opinion based on visual inspection.

    But, Part L does apply, as does all of the other Building Regulations from that time. They have to work through the time lines with you and work out what was required back then and to see if there is any evidence to support that it was built in accordance with the regulations at the time of construction.


  • #3
    Gun Monkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭Gun Monkey


    kceire wrote: »
    Get an Engineer, Surveyor or Architect in to survey.
    They may be able to issue an opinion based on visual inspection.

    But, Part L does apply, as does all of the other Building Regulations from that time. They have to work through the time lines with you and work out what was required back then and to see if there is any evidence to support that it was built in accordance with the regulations at the time of construction.

    Thanks for the quick response, i should have specified- current part L requirements are what i was concerned about but you have pretty much addressed that concern anyway by mentioning its what was required back then that will be relevant not the current regs. Apart from getting the build signed off, is there anything else you can think of that i might need to anticipate? I know its a vague question but im just trying to think of anything from the sellers end that may hold up a house sale in general? Thanks again.


  • #4
    Metric Tensor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭Metric Tensor


    You need a current BER Cert. They last 10 years so you can get it fairly soon.


    You will also almost certainly need:

    Opinion on Planning Compliance
    Opinion on Compliance with Building Regulations

    And probably:
    Certificate of Identity

    None of these will expire as such but might be invalidated if you carry out works to the house or site after getting them.

    No harm getting them now as it gives you time to fix any irregularities that show up which will save you time when you actually go to sell.

    Take a pragmatic view with regards to corrective actions - i.e. Most of these things will cost money to fix that you will not be able to add on to the price of the house so focus on the ones that are most likely to prevent a sale.


  • #5
    Gun Monkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭Gun Monkey


    Metric Tensor wrote: »
    You need a current BER Cert. They last 10 years so you can get it fairly soon.


    You will also almost certainly need:

    Opinion on Planning Compliance
    Opinion on Compliance with Building Regulations

    And probably:
    Certificate of Identity

    None of these will expire as such but might be invalidated if you carry out works to the house or site after getting them.

    No harm getting them now as it gives you time to fix any irregularities that show up which will save you time when you actually go to sell.

    Take a pragmatic view with regards to corrective actions - i.e. Most of these things will cost money to fix that you will not be able to add on to the price of the house so focus on the ones that are most likely to prevent a sale.

    Thanks! That will be plenty to get started on!


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