I got in today to find a letter from the building inspector saying that they wanted to send a surveyor out to inspect the refurbishment I was doing on my house as there had been a complaint.
It's sort of out of the blue and there is no detail they want me to call to make an appointment. I suspect the neighbours have complained about the and rather than speak to me have phoned the council.
I've checked the council website and all the jobs I'm doing are not notifiable and the one's that are, i.e. the electrics and the gas I've had contractors to do and the council would have received a copy of the certs some years ago.
My question is really I work away from home and I don't have time to take off to just allow someone to visit? there is nothing dangerous in my house so what power do they have.
Rather than ring I was going to write back explain what I'm doing and reference the certificates I have obtained or am I wasting the time will they just demand entry to the house......if so what sort of timescales are involved in this process
any advice please are these people like the police?
thanks
It's sort of out of the blue and there is no detail they want me to call to make an appointment. I suspect the neighbours have complained about the and rather than speak to me have phoned the council.
I've checked the council website and all the jobs I'm doing are not notifiable and the one's that are, i.e. the electrics and the gas I've had contractors to do and the council would have received a copy of the certs some years ago.
My question is really I work away from home and I don't have time to take off to just allow someone to visit? there is nothing dangerous in my house so what power do they have.
Rather than ring I was going to write back explain what I'm doing and reference the certificates I have obtained or am I wasting the time will they just demand entry to the house......if so what sort of timescales are involved in this process
any advice please are these people like the police?
thanks