I'm in the process of buying a house and an issue has come to light I'm hoping someone could advise me on. It's a bungalow extended into the roof in 2007 for which the planning permission, etc, all seems to be in order. However, the guy selling the house installed a new boiler himself at the time, but did not inform Corgi/Gas safe therefore they, in turn, did not inform the Local Authority to get a compliance certificate and so was not registered with local planning. This was picked up by my solicitor when they asked for copies of the paperwork. I'm told the seller/installer is gas safe registered and was given his Company gas safe number and by the fact it's been running for 4 years or so, it's probably OK. Apparently he has the Benchmark certificate, just not the compliance certificate.
I spoke to the council planning about it and they suggested it just needed to be registered with Gas safe. However, would it be an issue without Local authority registration in future? As I understand, it could be sorted out retrospectively for about £250 if necessary with the council. Can anyone advise as all I seem to be getting at the moment is that the installer didn't follow the correct procedures which I am aware of anyway!
Thanks, James.
I spoke to the council planning about it and they suggested it just needed to be registered with Gas safe. However, would it be an issue without Local authority registration in future? As I understand, it could be sorted out retrospectively for about £250 if necessary with the council. Can anyone advise as all I seem to be getting at the moment is that the installer didn't follow the correct procedures which I am aware of anyway!
Thanks, James.