Buying house with wall removed and no build regs approval
If I could get some thoughts on the below that would be good:
I'm in the process of buying a terraced house where the owners have knocked through the lounge/dining room to create one large space. Doesn't look like Building Regs approval was sought, my building survey noted this should be checked etc. Looks like the thorugh lounge space was created 25+ years ago by the owner, looks like an RSJ has been used but I'm not in a position to know if it's supported correctly or the beam is the correct size. Would be council grant this retrospectively, or is this just planning permission? How would this be handled the seller got a structural engineer to confirm its was good for 20 years ago but not for today? Any thoughts/opinions would be appreciated. I will give the Building Controls office of my council a call tomorrow to see what they say. |
Buying house with wall removed and no build regs approval
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Looks like the thorugh lounge space was created 25+ years ago by the owner, looks like an RSJ has been used but I'm not in a position to know if it's supported correctly or the beam is the correct size. If it has been there 25 years and there is no obvious sigh of a problem I would not be too worried. Would be council grant this retrospectively, or is this just planning permission? You could apply for a regularisation IIRC. I will give the Building Controls office of my council a call tomorrow to see what they say. Probably a good idea. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
Buying house with wall removed and no build regs approval
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Buying house with wall removed and no build regs approval
Hi, I bought a house a while back and I had the same issue. THe solicitor said that a type of insurance could be bought (less than £50 - that was 3 yrs agoo though), which wold cover me against that. THe cover was incase somene from the council would question the work. Me and the seller went halfs on it as I still wanted to buy it. TO be honest I am not sure what the insurance exactly covered, but I knew the lawyer, and trusted him. He explained that i happens quite often as a building regs were not required a long time ago for this type of work. I think the insurance would not cover any remedial work, but would cover any cost incurred as a result of satisfying the council if they objected. As the other replies have mentioned. I took the view that it was done a while ago and everything still looked OK and hence I proceeded. Ask your lawyer about this. Bhupesh wrote: If I could get some thoughts on the below that would be good: I'm in the process of buying a terraced house where the owners have knocked through the lounge/dining room to create one large space. Doesn't look like Building Regs approval was sought, my building survey noted this should be checked etc. Looks like the thorugh lounge space was created 25+ years ago by the owner, looks like an RSJ has been used but I'm not in a position to know if it's supported correctly or the beam is the correct size. Would be council grant this retrospectively, or is this just planning permission? How would this be handled the seller got a structural engineer to confirm its was good for 20 years ago but not for today? Any thoughts/opinions would be appreciated. I will give the Building Controls office of my council a call tomorrow to see what they say. |
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