building control jobs in England were privatised a few years ago with obvious implications
Didn't quite get this. So it used to be that inspections were done by civil servants but now you will have to hire independent surveyors? And in the privatisation process one also removed certain obligations to have the surveys done? The motivations of stingy landlords to avoid inspections is obvious, but where are the insurance companies in all of this?
I recently had a loft conversion. Building Control was provided by a company chosen by the loft conversion company. A company that probably wants lots of repeat business.
Didn't quite get this. So it used to be that inspections were done by civil servants but now you will have to hire independent surveyors? And in the privatisation process one also removed certain obligations to have the surveys done? The motivations of stingy landlords to avoid inspections is obvious, but where are the insurance companies in all of this?