In article , ARW
wrote:
On 25/09/2019 11:57, Reentrant wrote:
On 24/09/2019 21:49, David wrote:
I'm just reading a survey report which includes the wording

"As this is a change of ownership, it is essential that the electrical
wiring is checked by an electrician, preferably NICEIC registered, in
order to outline any remedial works necessary to achieve compliance
with the up to date regulations."

Is there any regulation which says that on change of ownership the
wiring should be brought up to current regulations?

This seems to be what the wording implies.

As far as I know the surveyor can recommend updating, but there is no
absolute requirement.

Cheers



Dave R


Our recent Homebuyer Valuation didn't even mention electrics, even
though it had an ancient fuse-wire consumer unit.

But I'm glad we had it checked anyway; some sockets weren't earthed,
some were reverse polarity, there was no isolator for the hob, and
worst of all an electric shower was wired to the incoming side of the
fuse box.


Some years ago a friend of mine needed a satisfactory EICR to obtain a
mortgage. I went and did the test. Not one socket in the house was
earthed plus a few other problems. This was a 1972 build.

When I rewired our house in 9164, the electricity board tester even checked
that the screws on the sockets weer earthed!

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