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Default Part P government review 2010/11

On Jul 27, 2:58*pm, "dennis@home"
wrote:

You would probably be OK if you knew it was dangerous and told the buyer,
but even that is no guaranty these days.


You are not, AIUI, required to tell the buyer anything that is not
explicitly asked for.

If the buyer asked if the electrical installation was safe, you said
"yes" and the answer was known to be "no", OTOH, that might be a
problem. But as there are, as others have stated, different degrees
of "safe", they might be more likely to answer "you're welcome to
inspect it yourself or to have an electrician inspect it, I'm not
qualified to say". I wouldn't go on what a buyer said their surveyor
said, as they might be making it up to try to get a greater discount.

Neil