Can’t find any paperwork from conservatory

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Selling my late mums house, she had a conservatory built approx 15 years ago always very above board our mum however we can’t find any paperwork and the buyer wants it.

it’s on a small development with a management company for communal areas and he’s mentioned a covenant. I can’t imagine mum would have not organised this as she was on the management board on the estate.

is this something indemnity insurance would cover?

apologies if I seem stupid. It’s an emotional time and I’m struggling- only ever done straightforward house sales before.

Can't you just tell the buyer you don't have it? Chuck em a grand to shut up about it.

You can get indemnity insurance for this.

I’ve told my solicitor I doubt we have it at all. They said I’ll wait to hear from you. He’s paid over asking price. Happy to chuck him a grand!

thank you re insurance will also suggest that as an option

Do you even need planning permission for a conservatory aslong as it’s below a certain measurement ?

If it needed planning permission or building control approval, try the relevant departments of your local council. Or ask whoever did your mother's legal work (though I am assuming you've asked them already).

If it's below a certain size no planning permission needed. You do need it if it covers the whole of the back of the house, and has a heating source plumbed in, think that's more building regulations though. Also if it can be shut off fully then that also means you don't need planning permission, as in if you can close the door to it and it's a seperate room to the rest of the house. It's all to do with heat loss and the building regulations are d that. Most companies don't get planning permission for them tbh. We sold our old house with a conservatory we hadn't put it in the older owners did and we had an insurance policy to cover it and we passed that to the new owners.

Sometimes.

Either way it’s over 10 years old so it’s a bit of a moot point. Just get a £20 indemnity policy to cover it.

If it is just the management approval that you need, they should be able to send a copy or agree retrospective agreement.