Hugo Nebula abuse@localhost wrote in message . ..
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:23:58 +0100, a particular chimpanzee named The
Natural Philosopher randomly hit the keyboard and produced:

Hugo Nebula wrote:

Under the Building
Regulations there's no difference between rented and owner-occupied.

Are you sure?

Yes

I rather thought there was...

That's what you may think, but there isn't.

err, that's technically correct, but it's like people asking questions
about planning permission when they mean bldg regs, & getting an
answer which ignores the b regs.

IIRC there are (regret my memory is old, fading & sketchy) regs that
could be confused with bldg regs that affect rented & not
owner-occupied. Eg the need for an annual gas inspection certificate
- extended IIRC (or about to be) to other things like other heating
systems. Also in Scotland (& IIRC in a few areas of England [& the
govt has plans for all of England]) HMO* operate under a licencing
regime which effectively extends the bldg regs (& their Scottish
equivalent).

*[HMO = Homes in multiple occupation - that means shared flats
basically, but, in England, might include split up old houses with
independant flats]


The Q posed by the OP is just the sort of thing that HMO licensing may
regulate (though whether it does, I cannot say for sure - you'd need
to get hold of an HMO scoresheet: memory clearing!! - I'm fairly
certain it does.)

Another example: SFA the electrical supply goes, work done on a rented
property by the landlord could be affected by the Elec at Work regs
etc even without the forthcoming part P.

Come to think of it there's possibly a good few bldg regs style things
tucked away in the detail of Landlord & Tenant law which affect what
the tenant can expect of the property he's renting & which of course
don't apply to an owner's own personal chez moi.

NB all this is SFAIRI, as I said, I'm out of date - double check
before relying on info in this post - perhaps someone else with
current knowledge could kindly confirm or otherwise?

HTH