In message , Brett
Jackson writes

"Tim" wrote in message
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On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 04:50:25 -0700, deckerti wrote:

Make sure you do it before the end of the year or at least start before
then as the new Part P Building regulations will apply. (Look at
previous posts for some discussion) This means that you will need to
inform your local council if you intend to do the work yourself and
will have to pay for testing, certification and Building control, which
could be a hefty sum.

Or not bother and sort it out when selling (suggesting that the buyer pays
the fees)?

Not serious advice for you (ie, if you take it, then you accept it's not
technically corrrect) - but I'm damn tempted as all this Building
Regs stuff is getting way out of hand IMO. Bah.

Anyway - who's going to bother checking half the time...

Timbo

With the risk of being shot down in flames....

Is it not better - in principle - if you're buying a house to have some
peace of mind that a proper job has been done on something as important as
the electrics and that some numpty (professional or diy-er) hasn't botched
it up.

The principle, I understand

I'm just struggling with how any of this might work out in practice


Like many government initiatives it seems like a good idea but probably
isn't that well thought out.



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geoff