About 2½ years ago we had an internal support wall knocked through and had the local guy from the council building regulations check it out and OK it.
About 4 years ago we had another wall knocked through (not supporting I think) and a velux window fitted. We did not seek clearance from building regulations at the time because we did not realise it may be required.
Although I have no complaints about the quality of the work done, I am a little concerned that if, for example, we were to sell our house these two items may come up as not being cleared by building regs. My questions are:
1. Is seeking building regulation clearance for these two jobs mandatory?
2. Is it possible to get retrospective permission?
3. Am I right to think that if I was to sell the house 7 years after the jobs had been done it would not matter that we had not seeked approval?
Cheers.
About 4 years ago we had another wall knocked through (not supporting I think) and a velux window fitted. We did not seek clearance from building regulations at the time because we did not realise it may be required.
Although I have no complaints about the quality of the work done, I am a little concerned that if, for example, we were to sell our house these two items may come up as not being cleared by building regs. My questions are:
1. Is seeking building regulation clearance for these two jobs mandatory?
2. Is it possible to get retrospective permission?
3. Am I right to think that if I was to sell the house 7 years after the jobs had been done it would not matter that we had not seeked approval?
Cheers.