Knocked down wall and selling our house

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When we moved in to our house my DH went straight to knocking down the utility room wall to provide more living space. It was not supporting just partitioning. But he didn’t get builder approval from anyone. I would have but I didn’t get a say in the matter. He just got his sledge hammer out. We had a big falling out at the time about how my opinion didn’t matter and now it seems to have come back to bite us in the arse.

Now we’re selling (started before CV and slowly progressing) and buyer want documentation for taking down supporting wall. It 100% wasn’t supporting but are we going to need someone to come in and confirm this? And if so who? And guessing this will never happen until lockdown is lifted. I’m so pissed off at DH for being so hammer happy.

I’ve been desperate to move since not long after we moved in. And I was so close to moving to my dream location. Between this and CV I feel it’s all going to be snatched away. I’m devastated.

Building regulator from your local council

Sorry that posted before I had chance to finish.
Building regulations from your local council sign off works as being fit for purpose but I think you may need a structural engineer to come and sign it off.

😩 I was worried someone would say that. My mum reckons indemnity insurance would work. Anyone any experience of this?

Indemnity insurance can be sorted by your solicitor; I had to get it last time I sold as the searches showed a purple area denoting something or other (it was just a pavement) and the buyers solicitor wanted to protect against illegal access to the property. It was ridiculous but there you are.
So why did hubby think it wasn't a supporting wall, and is it in fact? If neither of you can say for definite with their correct reason then definitely a structural engineer is needed.
Maybe add some pics and layout to help us

If you contact Building Control at the council and tell them your address, you will not be able to get indemnity insurance. Why do the buyers think it is a supporting wall?

Don’t know why they think it is supporting. We put on the form that it was non-supporting / partitioning. Our conveyancer is going to point that out to them and see what happens.

Why would we not be able to get indemnity if we were to contact building control @wowfudge?

I haven’t any pictures or plans. But imagine a rectangle room with a brick wall in the 1st 1/4. Above the brick wall was plaster board ceiling and floorboards of a bedroom. It was hold nothing up.

If you raise it as a potential issue then you can't insure against it as an issue. Insurance is only for Unknown's.

It would be like going to your GP with a lump and then trying to get medical insurance against cancer. You can't get insurance if you know there's a problem

We put in the form that it was non supporting
But why would they take your word for it when you didn't bother to get it signed off? And there's a slim chance he could be wrong.

If I was your buyer I'd want more than your say-so that it was not a supporting wall. What's immediately above this wall? Had the owners previous to you had work done?

As PP said don't approach Council yet
Offer Indemnity Insurance and see if the buyer accepts that
Personally I would not
Ask surveyor to confirm not load bearing