Hi,

I have just had an extenstion completed by a local building firm - and
it now transpires that the builder never notified the Building
Inspector that the works had started - so no inspections were carried
out during the build.

The Inspector has since come out (as the builder did notify him of
completion of works) but obviously cannot inspect anything other than
the decorating (his words). The extension knocked a gable wall down
with the load supported on a steel beam (with some underpinning as
dictated by structural engineer) and also added a dormer window
upstairs.

The Inspector is waiting for his boss to return next Tuesday before
getting back to us as he wasn't really sure of our options.

Has anyone seen this before - and if so what was the outcome
.....builder forced to expose key areas of the build to satisfy
Inspector ..or worse still...no certificate given unless a knock down
and start again ?

Many thanks in advance
Nick