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Can answer the 1st one but the 2nd one seems nonsense. Ive never heard of needing building regs certs for adding a toilet in although it maybe different down in London. Part of me thinks like the solicitor is trying to get them money off.
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Planning and Building Control are separate entities. Planning (and Permitted Development) relate to what can be built, Building Control is required to confirm that the proposed/built works comply with the relevant Building Regulations.
Item 1 would definitely have required Building Control sign-off. Assuming item 2 was a new bathroom and not a refurbishment of an existing ensuite, then it would also have required Building Control sign-off.
A retrospective Building Regs certificate from your Local Authority is likely to be slow, intrusive, and potentially expensive if the works do not comply with today's Building Regs. Indemnity insurance for both will be the easier/less painful option.
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It’s not really shinanegins - the buyers should know the status of any major work that’s been done and that it’s been done properly.
I guess you can indemnify against planning shitting the bed and demanding your extension becomes a conservatory again or something crazy but I’m not sure what you can do about the lack of BC which is what it is. It takes a bit of sophistication on the buyers part on what to do about it.
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Reinstate the doors and separate it from the main house. It's now a conservatory and exempt from both building regulations and planning.
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More shenanigans. More stress.
New buyers' solicitor is querying some of the work we've had done over the years. Insisting we provide planning permission or proof that it's not needed. We have no planning permission or Building Regs certificates other than for the bifold doors.
1) We built a rear semi-extension on the exact footprint of an existing conservatory six years ago. We put on a proper roof, one extra brick wall (one was there already), and bifolds.
We removed the windows and doors from the rear of the kitchen to make it semi-open plan but the load bearing middle section is still in place.
We're claiming permitted development.
Solicitor saying as it's "open to the kitchen area" building regs would be needed.
We're not going to get it signed off.
Is this where Indemnity Insurance may be needed?
2) We had an en suite put in the main bedroom in 2010.
It connected to the same soil pipe as the main bathroom which is next to it separated by a wall.
Solicitor saying it would have needed Building Regs certificate.
Do I need to worry about this?