Hi All - some advice for a first time seller!
1. Indemnity Insurance - will need to convince a nervous first time buyer that this is ok to cover any enforcement action.
OR
2. Regularisation Certificate - I have lots of photos of the works and installation i.e. showing the RSJ, the gallow brackets, the concrete lintel, the joists.
Is it better to get the buyer to agree to the indemenity insurance and/or will the Local Authority accept the photos and issue a Regularisation Certificate? How long on average might this take?
Thanks
- I did some renovations in 2015 (6 x chimney breasts removal onto gallow brackets into loft, through lounge (rsj), downstairs WC (concrete lintel) and new joists across 1st floor bedroom ceilings) which was all drawn up by the architects - 2015.
- The architects logged the drawings with Local Authority Building Regs. during the project 2015.
- I am now looking to sell and have realised that none of us (Project Manager/Architect and myself) got the building regulation certificate final approval.
- The Local Authority Building Reg site shows my application and decision and is 'approved with conditions' in 2015. The conditions were to provide the specs of the concrete lintel and RSJ - which I sent to the architects and assume they sent to the Local Authority.
- The buyer has had a structural engineer survey and all was ok with minor points around bringing the gallows up to current regs (e.g. not gallows but rsj under chimney stack).
- I'm aware of Indemnity Insurance and regularisation certificate but not sure what is the best approach.
1. Indemnity Insurance - will need to convince a nervous first time buyer that this is ok to cover any enforcement action.
OR
2. Regularisation Certificate - I have lots of photos of the works and installation i.e. showing the RSJ, the gallow brackets, the concrete lintel, the joists.
Is it better to get the buyer to agree to the indemenity insurance and/or will the Local Authority accept the photos and issue a Regularisation Certificate? How long on average might this take?
Thanks