Do you get gas and electricity safety checks done when you move? Flagged up as red on the survey.

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We had a homebuyers report done on the house we are buying and a few things have come back as urgent. Nothing really major but 2 of the things were the gas and electric and it says we should get them checked as soon as we move in. There isn't a combi boiler but an immersion heater and back boiler. The back boiler is only a couple of years old.

I got a relative to go in (he knows the person selling to us) and he said there is a new electric box (type thing, I'm not sure exactly what it is but possibly a fuse box? As he was talking to me about getting it replaced and something to do with trip switches being safer? I don't really understand it but he does). So it doesn't need replacing as it has already been done.

Why would we need to have these things checked as a matter of urgency? Is this something they flag up on surveys because they don't check these themselves? Or is this something that you should get done on moving in?

surveys are often all about 'get a professional in' which makes you wonder what you are paying for!

ask the owners when the electrics were replaced, and by whom.
a boiler less than 2 years old should have a guarantee. Ask.

get back to your surveyor and ask for clarification.

very recent thread on this if you do a quick search.

There should be certificates for both boiler and electrics if new.

Their are two reasons for getting your own checks done: (1) if the existing systems are old, and (2) because you don't know if their is any bodged diy making it unsafe (although maybe you do if you know the sellers).