In Scotland it has been announced that a single survey scheme is to be made mandatory
ie when you decide to sell your house you (the seller) gets an independant full survey - structural, gas, electrics and hands copies of this (free of charge) to any prospective purchaser.
The cost of the survey gets added onto the house purchase price and the eventual buyer pays.
This will show up any DIY / dogy electrics as a PIR will usually be involved- any dodgy stuff will be unlikely to positively affect house price!
i think this is coming into place in England and Wales at a similar time also.
Do you think it will be good news for (good) sparks
The reason I brought this up was that I was asked to fix a couple of sockets in a garage earlier this year.
The surveyor (surprisingly) picked up on the garage electrics, I fixed and certified, noting signs of poor DIY.
The seller (who got me in) more or less wanted a clean bill of health- which I couldn't do (I am not going to certify someone elses work - the brother in law of owner changed consumer unit). He also did other poor diy.
When the new owners moved in they comissioned a full PIR (from another spark so as to be independent)
He found no bathroom bonding, a couple of sockets without an earth and he said the boiler was not cross bonded - there were plastic pipes going onto 2 foot copper tails)
The point I am making is these people have had a lot of hassle (old & new owners) the new scheme will give everyone full knowledge.
It might not stop the sale of a house but the previous owner may be asked to put things right (and get it certified) before sale.
The bathroom was done by DIY, with no bonding- the walls and floors are all tiled and nice.
There is no chance to run bonding cables without mini trunking or damage- this was pointed out to new owner who backtracked
see this website for more info
http://www.rics.org/Property/Reside...aluationandappraisal/singlesurvey_update.html
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2005/03/03155624
ie when you decide to sell your house you (the seller) gets an independant full survey - structural, gas, electrics and hands copies of this (free of charge) to any prospective purchaser.
The cost of the survey gets added onto the house purchase price and the eventual buyer pays.
This will show up any DIY / dogy electrics as a PIR will usually be involved- any dodgy stuff will be unlikely to positively affect house price!
i think this is coming into place in England and Wales at a similar time also.
Do you think it will be good news for (good) sparks
The reason I brought this up was that I was asked to fix a couple of sockets in a garage earlier this year.
The surveyor (surprisingly) picked up on the garage electrics, I fixed and certified, noting signs of poor DIY.
The seller (who got me in) more or less wanted a clean bill of health- which I couldn't do (I am not going to certify someone elses work - the brother in law of owner changed consumer unit). He also did other poor diy.
When the new owners moved in they comissioned a full PIR (from another spark so as to be independent)
He found no bathroom bonding, a couple of sockets without an earth and he said the boiler was not cross bonded - there were plastic pipes going onto 2 foot copper tails)
The point I am making is these people have had a lot of hassle (old & new owners) the new scheme will give everyone full knowledge.
It might not stop the sale of a house but the previous owner may be asked to put things right (and get it certified) before sale.
The bathroom was done by DIY, with no bonding- the walls and floors are all tiled and nice.
There is no chance to run bonding cables without mini trunking or damage- this was pointed out to new owner who backtracked
see this website for more info
http://www.rics.org/Property/Reside...aluationandappraisal/singlesurvey_update.html
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2005/03/03155624