On Sunday, 13 September 2015 16:38:00 UTC+1, Pet @ www.gymratz.co.uk ;¬) wrote:
On 12/09/2015 09:29, harry wrote:

The cunning thing to do if you want it checked out is ask someone to do a
routine maintenance on it after a few months.

Or say you have just moved in and want it checked out.

Absolutely.

All this twaddle about "ooohhhh you won't sell your house if the
lawyers.... not signed off blah blah blah"

If someone won't buy your house because they want a ****ificate for
everything you simply tell the estate agent you're taking it off the
market or that you refuse to sell to said purchaser.

If I saw a house I liked I'd buy it.

The trouble is that most people need a mortgage to buy a house. If the
banks' solicitors decide they want certificates, it's going to be a lot
harder to sell without one.

Even if you can find somebody who doesn't need a mortgage, the lack of
competition means the price may well be lower.