HI Chaps. I'm new hear but have been doing a lot of reading and I now need some help.
I'm looking at buying my first house. I have got quite far in the process but am stalling on the fact that the house has been extended but these works do not have building certificates.
I have copies of planning permission for the main extension and the porch and conservatory, I am waiting to see if there are Building control Certificates for these but I suspect not.
The survey also brought up that a wall had been removed in the Dining room (I believe this was don with the main extension), and that there are issues with the chimney that has been removed on the ground floor only. There is no planning for these or certificates.
I plan to do quite a bit of work to the house. I intend to remove the rest of the chimney as well as a work on the bit of original roof to add felt, remove old beams that have been left from the extension and put in 8" beam and board out the loft for storage. I also want to change the roof on the porch for a tile one.
After this I plan to ad a two storey garage extension which I have provisionally ok'd with the planning department.
My Solicitor has mentioned Indemnity insurance which the seller won't pay for.
I'm really not sure where to go from here.
Can I get Building control to certificate the works already done? Or is that a very risky idea? What about if I tale out the insurance and then do it?
I Hope to get a builder to have a look at the roof just to check what I want to do and make sure that the builder who did the extension did it right.
Can I get plans of the house? I would like to know where the wall that was removed used to be.
If the various extensions don't have certificates I would like to get them so that when I come to selling this is not an issue. I'm not scared about having to do some of the work as long as the main extension is OK.
What do you guys think?
I'm looking at buying my first house. I have got quite far in the process but am stalling on the fact that the house has been extended but these works do not have building certificates.
I have copies of planning permission for the main extension and the porch and conservatory, I am waiting to see if there are Building control Certificates for these but I suspect not.
The survey also brought up that a wall had been removed in the Dining room (I believe this was don with the main extension), and that there are issues with the chimney that has been removed on the ground floor only. There is no planning for these or certificates.
I plan to do quite a bit of work to the house. I intend to remove the rest of the chimney as well as a work on the bit of original roof to add felt, remove old beams that have been left from the extension and put in 8" beam and board out the loft for storage. I also want to change the roof on the porch for a tile one.
After this I plan to ad a two storey garage extension which I have provisionally ok'd with the planning department.
My Solicitor has mentioned Indemnity insurance which the seller won't pay for.
I'm really not sure where to go from here.
Can I get Building control to certificate the works already done? Or is that a very risky idea? What about if I tale out the insurance and then do it?
I Hope to get a builder to have a look at the roof just to check what I want to do and make sure that the builder who did the extension did it right.
Can I get plans of the house? I would like to know where the wall that was removed used to be.
If the various extensions don't have certificates I would like to get them so that when I come to selling this is not an issue. I'm not scared about having to do some of the work as long as the main extension is OK.
What do you guys think?