FENSA & CORGI certs & house sale indemnity

[BERGS2]

A few years ago we had our kitchen re-fitted by a local builder who has since gone out of business.

We're in the process of selling & the buyers solicitors are asking for the Corgi & Fensa certificates - trouble is - we had a big clear out a year ago or so, and i'm pretty sure they are lost (Mrs is currently hunting through the remaining filing)

I dont wan't this to get in the way of our otherwise smooth house sale - would it be better to just get an indemnity policy for the work.

can't get copies from the builder as he's no longer in business....


any help/advice gladly recieved.

Cheers,

BERGS

[ln1234]

Contact your local council building control to see if you can get a certificate of completion from them. That would be just as good as Corgi/Fensa registration but might cost you more money/time/hassle than getting an indemnity policy.l

[Road2Ruin]

Why do you need a FENSA or CORGI certificate? Kitchen fitting is not regulated. If you mean for gas cookers etc the just get a local CORGI guy round to check the fitting and he will issue a certificate.

[BERGS2]

Found the Corgi one for the hob (which is i guess the most important one)

if I'd done the window myself ( ) would it still need a cert?

[mrmaggit]

Yes you would, if it was installed after April 2002 (IIRC). Before then, it didn't apply, and the solicitors have found out this wheeze to drive you potty (at least it did me, and I'm a BM by trade).

It's a lot easier to just pay for the indemnity (believe me) and tell them to stuff it. They'll go round and round for weeks if you let them, charging all the time.

[shirt]

for the corgi, would a gas safety cert. not be sufficient? like the ones landlord have to have by law - circa £30-40 from any corgi installer.

[mk1fan]

CORGI is no more - it's now Gasafe. If you can't find them then just get them re-tested. Won't cost much.

IIRC - FENSA details should be printed on the glazing unit.

[CatherineJ]

Actually this is quite interesting, we had new Windows put in February last year and we don't have a FENSA Certificate. We did however use a FENSA company for the installation.

[Ferg]

shirt said:

for the corgi, would a gas safety cert. not be sufficient? like the ones landlord have to have by law - circa £30-40 from any corgi installer.

It's a different form, but it's similar and easy to sort....... unless something has been done incorrectly OR is no longer to the current standard.....

[Road2Ruin]

CatherineJ said:

Actually this is quite interesting, we had new Windows put in February last year and we don't have a FENSA Certificate. We did however use a FENSA company for the installation.

Get one now before you forget. You will need it when you come to sell. For those fo you out there that are thinking about saying you had your windows done before 2002 to save the hassle look at the silver bar in the middle of the window it has the date of manufacture on it!