Just moved in to a new house and the electrics are nothing short of dangerous, where do I stand regards this shoddy installation and shouldn't there have been an inspection completed?
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The question should be asked to the solicitor that dealt with your conveyance.
Lots of blues and browns, this could indicate a part rewire or maybe just cables extended for black and red.
But looks like recent work, so I would expect some certs and building controls notice.
Lots of blues and browns, this could indicate a part rewire or maybe just cables extended for black and red.
But looks like recent work, so I would expect some certs and building controls notice.
The electrics look potentially dangerous. Get an EICR carried out, isolate the socket in the meantime if you can, and budget some extra for remedial work. The board is very modern, of a reputable make, which is a good start.
You don't say whether you are a new owner or tenant? The rules are very different.
Just bought it. The wires have been extended from the original circuits. The board is packed out from the wall on about 30 penny washers. It's the worst installation I've ever seen, and clearly the work of an incompetent novice.
There's no sign of any sleeving, earthing or otherwise, for some reason the swa to the garage hasn't been earthered properly, the boiler wasn't earthed at all (the earth wire has been terminated on an unused terminal on the timer)
There's no sign of any sleeving, earthing or otherwise, for some reason the swa to the garage hasn't been earthered properly, the boiler wasn't earthed at all (the earth wire has been terminated on an unused terminal on the timer)
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What did your survey say about it?
No mention of it, but they didn't mention the movement in the garage or the rising damp either
There is no excuse for that. Hager are one of the easiest boards to install neatly, And I spy a few other sins there too (including no earth on the SWA armour).
There may be a date stamp on the CU or the MCBs but this will have been installed during the time after Part P was introduced, so there should have been notification to the Local Authority to keep it street legal.
this should have been provided as part of the questions to the vendor.
There may be a date stamp on the CU or the MCBs but this will have been installed during the time after Part P was introduced, so there should have been notification to the Local Authority to keep it street legal.
this should have been provided as part of the questions to the vendor.
There should have been a declaration made by the previous house owner, that would concern any recent electrical work and a request for documentation.
If the house owner has not truthfully answered the questions, I would be speaking to my solicitor about it.
If the house owner has not truthfully answered the questions, I would be speaking to my solicitor about it.
All true, but either such documents were produced or else the OP proceeded with the purchase without them having been produced. I would think that the OP's only hope of any legal redress would be if the vendor untruthfully answered 'No' to the question about electrical work since Jan 2005 (the surveyor will presumably already have included plenty of caveats about not being an electrical expert etc.!).
coopersim: was this a traditional purchase, direct from a live vendor, or a repo/probate/auction sale?
Kind Regards, John
I've just had a little look round the wires from the previous boiler installation which I know the previous owner had replaced (read, probably did himself) and found this hanging by a bunch of copper pipes - an exposed, live wire hanging in the breeze easily accessible from the back of a kitchen cupboard.
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Btw, he answered no to that question, but later declared an extension built in 2010! I did query that.
No, I'm compiling a report regarding that! Is appreciate some expert opinion regarding my electrics though if anyone minds
If he failed to declare electrical work and you can successfully argue that you would not have bought the house (at least, not for the same price) had he done so, then you might have a bit of a legal case against him. The fact that the work was (probably) not notified is not really here nor there (i.e. if he had said that work had been done, but notified, then you couldn't have done much about that, other than trying to use it as a negotiating point), but lying in answer to pre-purchase enquiries is a potentially big issue.
Kind Regards, John
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