Surveyor's Report On Electrics

[securespark]

This report says it has several safety concerns regarding the electrical installation:

No current inspection certificate, surface wiring and a plastic CU mounted on a timber board.

These are safety hazards, condition rating 3.

It seems likely that a partial rewire will be required.

Why is surface wiring a safety issue?

 

[Ragnar_AT]

IMO surface wiring shouldn't be a code, I can't see any reason why it would. None of these points require immediate action or even any action at all, existing installations are not required to be upgraded to accessibility standards, etc., and a C3 is only a recommendation anyway.

 

[ericmark]

For this house it said there was an old disused fuse box in the ceiling, it was in fact the current one. At least he says "You should arrange for a suitably qualified person" and does not include himself.

 

[securespark]

I don't know why he insists the back board on which the board is mounted is such a big deal.

Don't anybody point out the joists and floorboards to him.....

 

[sparkwright]

Which goes to show how useless surveyors are when buying a house.

 

[jurassic sparkk]

one word - pathetic!

 

[Murdochcat]

In 3 words

Covering
Their
Arse

 

[flameport]

Usual boilerplate waffle from 'surveyors' who apparently know nothing about anything relating to the building or the services contained within.
Stuffed full of vague suggestions, weasel words and 'get someone else to look at it'.