DIYbanter - View Single Post - So how do Building Inspectors work then?!

wrote:
Started our extension last November, paid our £240 to Birmingham
CC and while the foundations were being dug, the BI came onsite.

Fast forward to July and I get a letter teling me that the BI
hasnt been back onsite since, and asking when he can come and
have a look at drainage, steels, etc.

He tells me that I should have been calling him up to arrange the
onsite visits, but there was no such instruction on the original
paperwork, and as he attended with no invite on the first
occasion, I assumed that he would simply attend when he needed to.

His wanting to see the drainage now is a bit of a pain, as it's
all been paved over.

I got our BI's e-mail, and sent him a periodic report of progress reminding
him he was welcome to visit at any time. He didn't come very often, but it
covered the risk above.