Good point. The seller only has one property to sell, the buyer has many more options. (The sellers should have done themselves a favour and got it sorted ready for the sale). Wonder if the sellers had a problem with insurance??Bobzilla wrote: Fri May 22, 2026 1:56 pmI'd ask the seller to do that. It's not your house yet, and the seller might object to it. At which point run away, don't walk.The Martian wrote: Fri May 22, 2026 1:22 pm Get in touch with the local building regulations office about getting a retrospective survey done and certificate issued, some of them are actually really helpful (fingers crossed they're one of them).
Probably worth getting the level three survey done not only for peace of mind but also insurances etc.
House buying complications, regularisation and building regs etc.
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Count Steer
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Re: House buying complications, regularisation and building regs etc.
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.
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Re: House buying complications, regularisation and building regs etc.
Just one thing to note, the seller built this house himself as his forever house. However it's now way too big and they inherited a smaller house 3 miles away from his parents, hence the move.Count Steer wrote: Fri May 22, 2026 2:13 pmGood point. The seller only has one property to sell, the buyer has many more options. (The sellers should have done themselves a favour and got it sorted ready for the sale). Wonder if the sellers had a problem with insurance??Bobzilla wrote: Fri May 22, 2026 1:56 pmI'd ask the seller to do that. It's not your house yet, and the seller might object to it. At which point run away, don't walk.The Martian wrote: Fri May 22, 2026 1:22 pm Get in touch with the local building regulations office about getting a retrospective survey done and certificate issued, some of them are actually really helpful (fingers crossed they're one of them).
Probably worth getting the level three survey done not only for peace of mind but also insurances etc.
I completely agree this is on him to get things done, but i don't think for a second they're trying it on.
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Re: House buying complications, regularisation and building regs etc.
for what it's worth, we've extended this house twice over the last 12 years and have found the building inspectors to be very helpful throughout, because they'd done regular stage inspections the final one was just a tick in the box.
fingers crossed that this is just an admin cock up and the seller can get it fixed PDQ.
fingers crossed that this is just an admin cock up and the seller can get it fixed PDQ.