Electrical Test Certificate essential for house sale?

[greencoat]

Hi all,

I'm selling a house I own, a considerable amount under the price of the same terraced properties nearby. This reflects work which is needed on it ; no double glazing, no gch, & some repointing needed. It also may benefit from a rewire, but it may not be essential. ( I haven't had it inspected/tested yet )

Can the property be sold w/o the PIR / cert for electrics ? or is it essential for the sale.


Cheers,

Pete

 

[pcboffinuk]

Its not essential - There is no requirement for a certificate to be provided, although a surveyor will normally mention it in their report, especially if they see recent electrical work.

The 'Regs' suggest 10 yearly inspections for domestic premises, but I bet over 90% of (privately owned and not let) houses haven't ever had one.


Even when the Home Information Pack comes in, it seems it will not be a requirement to include an Electrical Certificate.

As you say, you are pricing it because of the work needing doing, so there is no problem. I suspect the majority of houses sold today would benefit from some electrical work, if what I've seen on my short travels is anything to go by!

Gavin

 

[greencoat]

Thanks Gavin,

as it's also a cash sale, there's been no survey required and the buyer is family too. I can't understand then why the buyer's solicitor has requested one. Maybe it's just procedure. Or maybe because there's no survey.........



Cheers,

Pete

 

[sm1thson]

surely if they want one they (the buyer) pay!

from what i have seen the levels of survey are as follow

1)basic morgage one, guy comes scratched his head and says yes the house is worth what you are paying and give you a disclaimer saying you may wish to get electrics etc checked

2)more complex ones may test damp etc, but still nothing in much detail, might look at the cu and say looks old etc, either way may reccomend getting someone to check it

3) get someone to test electrics + pluming etc

all this is at buers expence, although soon sellers will need to make a sellers pack with most of it in so then the expense will be on them, unless the buyer wants additional things doing.

 

[Adam_151]

The buyer's solititor will be acting in what he thinks are the buyers best interests, if the buyer doesn't want to worry about a PIR then he should inform them of this

 

[baldelectrician]

my friend told me a estate agent advised her not to replace the central heating (it is still working but aged) and advertise the house as 'needing some modernisation'

The idea being people actively seek out this type of house as they think there is more money to be made