We’re selling our house, a three bed semi which we’ve been in for 10 years.
When we moved in there was a shower in the old airing cupboard, which opened directly into the master bedroom. Useful, but a bit strange and damp!
A couple of years ago we re did the bathroom, and at the same time we had the shower replaced and a stud wall and door built around the opening to box off a bit of our room and make a shower room. We didn’t think we needed building regs certification as it was only a stud wall and our builders agreed. They put plenty of ventilation, extraction in etc and it’s really improved the room.
The people buying our house are concerned after (I assume) their survey flagged up that this should have been checked and certified. Are they right?! We’re keen to do anything we can to fix the situation if we’ve made a mistake. Can the council advise on if certification was needed? And if so can you apply retrospectively? Or would you offer an indemnity insurance? Worst case scenario, we could remove the stud wall, but this seems extreme and would mean re decorating and carpeting the room- and a return to the previous unusual set up!
Thank you for reading - any advice would be much appreciated.