Gas installation Certificate not registered

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I'm in the process of buying a flat. The boiler is 5 years old but was installed by a 'friend of a friend' and was not registered with Gas Safe.
I've asked for it to be registered, re-commissioned or reduction in price so I can get a new one. The vendor is proposing indemnity insurance (which helps if the council ask to remove the boiler) and a Landlord's Gas Safety Certificate (CP12). However, I am not happy with this as I don't feel it will guarantee the safety of the installation and could be an issue when I sell in future. Any experience of this please?

I would have thought that was illegal. I don't understand how he can get a Landlords' Gas Certificate.

Wouldn't you (as in the seller not the buyer) just get it certified?

What AbbieLexie said ^^

Even if the friend of a friend was a qualified heating engineer, and did it at mate's rates, all the certification would still have been compulsory five years ago surely?

Anyone can ask an engineer to provide a Landlord's Certificate which is basically a series of safety checks to ensure that the boiler is working and in a safe condition. That coupled with the indemnity insurance should be sufficient. If you are really worried ask them to pay for your choice of engineer to carry out those checks.

Not a landlords certificate, boiler registration is a different thing. It has clearly been installed by a cowboy. Your choice if you want to risk it. No one unregistered should be installing boilers and that has been the case for a long time.

I wouldnt risk it. What else have they got a cowboy to do??