Hi
We moved into our house in April last year, the house had an extension when we moved in and plans for a loft conversion. Having looked through all the paperwork that came with the plans, we find that there is no completion certificate for the extension. The council did a 'summary inspection' of the work and said 'work in general appears to have been in accordance with the drawings', however since work was carried out prior to a Building Warrant being issued they can't issue a Completion Certificate.
This has sent us into a blind panic, does it invalidate house insurance and also, does it mean we can't sell our house? These papers were in the hands of our solicitor before we got them, should they not have informed us of this?
When we look at the paperwork, the building warrant was 4.11.02, works seem to have started in March 03, so we can't see why this has been refused.
It's Saturday and I can't phone the planning dept till Monday, just wondered if anyone had any idea what this means....and what we can do about it (if anything!)
Thanks
Mandy
PS Hope I've posted in the right place!
We moved into our house in April last year, the house had an extension when we moved in and plans for a loft conversion. Having looked through all the paperwork that came with the plans, we find that there is no completion certificate for the extension. The council did a 'summary inspection' of the work and said 'work in general appears to have been in accordance with the drawings', however since work was carried out prior to a Building Warrant being issued they can't issue a Completion Certificate.
This has sent us into a blind panic, does it invalidate house insurance and also, does it mean we can't sell our house? These papers were in the hands of our solicitor before we got them, should they not have informed us of this?
When we look at the paperwork, the building warrant was 4.11.02, works seem to have started in March 03, so we can't see why this has been refused.
It's Saturday and I can't phone the planning dept till Monday, just wondered if anyone had any idea what this means....and what we can do about it (if anything!)
Thanks
Mandy
PS Hope I've posted in the right place!