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Sometimes the approval certificate takes ages to come through. I had my loft converted last summer and still haven't had the cert through although I know the inspections were all done and it's been passed. I'd be asking for the details of the building control surveyor that was responsible for it and email him to ask him if it's been passed in principle or not.
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It might be possible to have it inspected by building reg's and have it certified retrospectively? Although how they do that with everything been plastered over and hidden I don't know. Might be worth trying to get any engineering dwg's and calcs too.
As far as I understand it, indemnity insurance only covers you if the council decides to come after you, of which the probability is slim to none. It won't cover you if for whatever reason you find out the house is not up to scratch and needs work.
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I found out very late I the process that our loft extension didn't seemingly have any permission despite being told by the estate agent and vendor that it did. By this stage in the process, we were over invested in the property (and needed somewhere bigger for the children) that we cracked on and took out the insurance.
Been here a year and no one has asked us to take it down yet. It's very well built (and been up for over 10 years) so I have no reason to suspect there's anything wrong with it and believe we came to the right conclusion.
Trust your own gut instinct. If you think it will be problematic in the future, maybe reconsider.
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Hi all, I wonder if I can trouble the wise minds here for some advice regarding building control sign off certificates (or lack of) for a loft conversion and rear extension. It's now 3 months since our offer was accepted on a place and it appears that the completion certificates for the works do not exist. The loft was done under permitted development in 2016, and the extension had planning approval in 2011. Obviously the alarm bells are ringing but how much of a deal-breaker should this be? I know we can get indemnity insurance but I don't think this helps in the event of the work not having been done properly. Has anyone been through a similar situation?