Doctor Drivel wrote:

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A BCO would not be doing the test.

No, (s)he is the one signing off the job. How he arranges tests OR NOT
is up to him. It is not unknown for the job to be signed off with no test.

That is why they changed the MOT rules and prosecuted dodgy dealers.

Maybe - I've not aware of any dodgey MOT stations near me, then I haven't
been looking. But how can you be certain that there is not longer any such
thing as a bent MOT cert issued on at least one car these days?

If I commission the MOT, I can choose an MOT station known to be thorough
and watch the test being carried out. If I see an otherwise valid MOT cert
on a vendor's car, I have no way of knowing if the tester had a bad day,
was half asleep, or was a friend of the vendor and slightly bent with it.

I read it was is under review. Intially it was to be fully blown check,
but the estate agents, surveyors, etc objected (sharks the lot of them),
so it was rolled back.

So the government gave in and allowed to to become a pointless exercise.
Do it properly or not at all.


Yes the 40ish office working lady will notice all this of course. Duh!.
Get real House selling is con mans dream. These checks to cut that crap
out and protect these people from sharks.

I knew a girl who bought a house thinking all the electrics were new. A
new
CU and, socket and switches, The wiring was 55 years old and falling
apart.

Didn't look very hard then.

She is not an electrician and can't even wire a plug.

Whilst I don't expect the buyer to know everything, I reasonably expect them
to be aware they don't know everything and bring a mate/instruct a surveyor
at their own cost to check it as much as they like. Stop expecting me to
cotton wool the incompetent/ignorant/lazy.

I can deal with a fair amount myself, why do I want to pay (indirectly or
directly) for something I can deal with? If a HIP was going to cost
600-1000 pounds, I could get a damn good drains inspection and a PIR if I
wished for less than that.

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Understand what an MOT is.

Yes, it's that thing I need to drive a vehicle on public roads etc. I do not
need an MOT to exists on a car I'm buying or selling.


The NCR is in principle a good idea. Reviewing it is what is needed and
then implementing.

You'll be wanting guarantees
from blokes at car boot sales next. Get a
grip - selling a house is a private matter
between two parties. It needs
less government interference,

What it needs is proper house MOT to ensure the buyer gets a fully
serviceable house and is not ripped off by sharks. Those who are against
such schemes are...............sharks?

The Kremlin just called for you:

they said they want their ideology back when you have a moment... :|