wrote:

As a side issue, I am being hastled by my solicitor because I told the
truth on my housemove questionaire. - two windows I had put in in 1999
- 'where is the FENSA certificate?'

Remind him it was not a requirement at the time they were installed.

a steel lintle i had put in in
2000 'where is the building control notice?'

Tell him there is not one, and say you will arrange building regs
imdemnity insurance to cover any risk (i.e. none - hence the insurance
is cheap).

a new consumer unit I had
put in by a qualified electician in 2002 'where is the electrical test
certificate'...

Predates part P, so while it would be nice to have the cert, it is not a
requirement. For example you could have done it yourself and produced no
official paperwork and it still would be legal.

It will cost me a packet just to get people out to
check all this... Grrr

Remind you solicitor who he is working for!

The little old lady (in her 80's) who lives in this bungalow I was
buying is now going to be disapointed - and instead of getting
£225,000 from me, she will have to put it to auction or take offers
from a developer - which will mean she can't afford the next property
she is really wanting.

I am sure there will be a "sub prime" lender who specialises in these
sorts of risk (for a price). Have you tried a broker?

Is this really a free country?

nope


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Cheers,

John.

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