Retrospective Final Certificate for 10 year old build

[HulaChick]

Can anyone tell me how a building regs inspector assesses and signs off work done on an extension 10 years ago? During the build, we had regular inspections and sign-offs but never the final one. It's become urgent now as we are trying to mortgage the house and as we've spoken to our LA an indemnity policy isn't an option. We have certificates for electrics and plumbing from the trades men. Our other concern is that we have installed a different type of boiler from the one we had permission for although we do have an installation certificate for that, again from the installer. I know that the old building regs will be applied (rather than today's) but I also understand that enforcements can't be required if work done over 10 years ago. Where does that leave us in terms of getting a certificate?

Would really appreciate some advice here please!! Thanks 🙂

Bumping again for you

Maybe try moneysavingexpert forum too, if you don’t have any success here

Surely if you've already ruled out the indemnity option, your only option now is to phone building control and ask them for a final inspection? And ask them if there is any outstanding information required? If they did inspections at the time then they probably just need to see that it was finished properly (smoke alarms etc.)

Have you asked the Council what they need to grant the certificate

That's what I would do

I don't see this as retrospective - it's just very delayed. Just call building control and see what they have to say. Our guys are very helpful.

My council (Waverley) have this to say:-

"
Legislation states that there is no time limit once work has started. However, we set our fees with the expectation that work will be carried out by a competent professional and completed within three years of your application being submitted.

If you stop work on your project for a period of more than three years, when you resume, we reserve the right to charge an admin fee. This fee will be our admin fee at the time you start work again. Our current fee is £150 inc VAT.

Once work on site is complete or occupation takes place you must notify us within 5 days so that we can carry out a final inspection. If you don't contact us at this point, but approach us at a later date, we may be unable to issue your completion certificate.

"

Thank you for the replies. Our building work was finished 11 years ago and it was just the final sign off and therefore certificate that we didn't have done. We need to mortgage the house and as we'd already spoken to our council, an indemnity policy is out of the running. Time is the real issue and it was more question of what exactly do they look at on final inspection & how picky are they, especially as it was 12 years since it was built. Although we have installed a different boiler from the one we initially got permission for, it was installed by an OFTEC engineer - would this be accepted even though a different boiler? We have certificates for electrics and plumbing but just not the most important final sign off. I'm just worried that they might find issues and want remedial work done, or change the boiler which would be a nightmare and affect our mortgage. Any knowledge or experience of this would be appreciated. TIA

Just make contact and ask them to come and do the final inspection. The benefit is they have inspected it as it was built so isn't like trying to get something retrospectively