Depends when changes were made and what the changes were/are?Whats the deal if you have changes/additions thats been made to your property by someone not qualified to do the work if you wanted to get an electrical survey signed off.
Simples - before you buy it you tell the vendor that you won't do so unless he provides certificates for any electrical work done.Cut to the chase, if you buy a house/lockupgarage/industrialunit and its clear the previous owner has wired it themself or certainly done a lot of hacking it about with a mix of old and new colours and you want paperwork to say its safe.
Nobody cares.but what about the fact its all been installed after they should have been partp and notifying.
If your solicitor asked about notifiable work, and the vendor lied, then speak to your solicitor about what grounds you have, and the likelihood of success etc, for taking the vendor to court.
Part P only concerns the domestic side, the industrial unit is Part P excluded, unless these buildings share a domestic supply.Cut to the chase, if you buy a house/lockupgarage/industrialunit and its clear the previous owner has wired it themself or certainly done a lot of hacking it about with a mix of old and new colours and you want paperwork to say its safe. If its unsafe and bits need changing that can be changed but what about the fact its all been installed after they should have been partp and notifying.
Cut to the chase, if you buy a house/lockupgarage/industrialunit and its clear the previous owner has wired it themself or certainly done a lot of hacking it about with a mix of old and new colours and you want paperwork to say its safe. If its unsafe and bits need changing that can be changed but what about the fact its all been installed after they should have been partp and notifying.
Regardless of what you might 'need', the fact is that an EICR is all you can get 'after the event'. As PBoD says, although an EICR 'pass' will go a long way to reassure, there will usually be limits to what it has been able to investigate - so the 'pass' cannot usually guarantee to have identified all non-compliances, or even all potential 'safety' issues.So to cut a long story short even if it should be notifiable work actaully regardless of who did it when and if it was notified or not actually all you need is a EICR pass?
What would they fine you for is that just for domestic. How big are the fines at worst case?At the most, if LABC are really bothered, they'd get involved, but the fine if any will be levvied on the home owner and the home owner at the time may not be the person who did the work.
The reality is that, for a domestic installation, it (fines) just won't happen. As has been point out, if it's not domestic, then LABC (if relevant) would probably be the least of your worries if there were an unsafe electrical installation.What would they fine you for is that just for domestic. How big are the fines at worst case?At the most, if LABC are really bothered, they'd get involved, but the fine if any will be levvied on the home owner and the home owner at the time may not be the person who did the work.
What would they fine you for is that just for domestic. How big are the fines at worst case?At the most, if LABC are really bothered, they'd get involved, but the fine if any will be levvied on the home owner and the home owner at the time may not be the person who did the work.
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