On 02/10/2015 12:45, AnthonyL wrote:

New glass door and no markings at all!

You *could* get a retrospective building regulations inspection done,

Which carries the risk of not being passed

they may want to see evidence that cavity-closers, lintels etc were
installed where needed, or you could get "lack of building regulations
indemnity" policy for a few quid.

And so many exclusion clauses that in practice it become worthless eg
the one I saw precludes any work being carried out on the premises
that will cause the invitation of a building inspector - so no new
bathroom then.

Who cares anyway, there is an ahem window of opportunity for
enforcement of building regs, and once past, there is nothing they can
do unless imminent damage to life or someone else's property are likely.

My solicitor of a relatively small local firm points out that in the
past 5 or so years they've placed around £300k in indemnity insurance
of one sort or another and neither the firm nor any of the colleagues
in any other firm have ever encountered a claim.

Still - my vendor has offered to pay for such indemnity and as it goes
with the property it saves me a bit of a headache further down the
line but otherwise I am advised to consider it meaningless.

I am sure its a nice little earner for both the insurers and the
solicitors in the form of commissions.


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Cheers,

John.

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