Advice regarding restrospective & independant building regs
Discussion
My wife and I are having a garage conversion done and the builder has done an extremely poor job on the internals. He has gone AWOL on another job and so I will likely need to start court proceedings and have another builder rip up a lot of the kitchen/bathroom/flooring and fit again from scratch.
My issue is, the original builder was supposed to get building control certification. I don't know lots about this process however he said it would be better for us to do a retrospective application once the conversion is finished, as he will be documenting evidence (photos/videos) of the structural components of the conversion throughout to satisfy an inspector when he comes to certify the works.
Naively, I agreed to this as I trusted him, but in hindsight, and due to the standard of worksmanship, I probably should have done more research on the matter and had him create a building control application from the very beginning through the council.
So my question really is, am I fine to have another builder come in and work on replacing a lot of the internals (kitchen, bathroom, skirting, potentially plumbing) before I have the original builder come back to get building control signoff? When this will be I don't know. He is very unreliable and goes missing for periods of time (I suspect he is doing another more lucrative jobs).
I feel we are quite stuck. Im not really sure how to progress from here. I could ask him to send the evidence to conduct the application myself? I feel its a very delicate situation that needs handling carefully.
Thanks for any advice or help!
My issue is, the original builder was supposed to get building control certification. I don't know lots about this process however he said it would be better for us to do a retrospective application once the conversion is finished, as he will be documenting evidence (photos/videos) of the structural components of the conversion throughout to satisfy an inspector when he comes to certify the works.
Naively, I agreed to this as I trusted him, but in hindsight, and due to the standard of worksmanship, I probably should have done more research on the matter and had him create a building control application from the very beginning through the council.
So my question really is, am I fine to have another builder come in and work on replacing a lot of the internals (kitchen, bathroom, skirting, potentially plumbing) before I have the original builder come back to get building control signoff? When this will be I don't know. He is very unreliable and goes missing for periods of time (I suspect he is doing another more lucrative jobs).
I feel we are quite stuck. Im not really sure how to progress from here. I could ask him to send the evidence to conduct the application myself? I feel its a very delicate situation that needs handling carefully.
Thanks for any advice or help!
https://www.labc.co.uk/homeowners/what-type-buildi...
You are also supposed to notify them when you start
You are also supposed to notify them when you start
Yeah, i've done more digging since the relationship broke down with the builder and it seems this is the normal protocol. As he has done several conversions in the past and he suggested this is the best approach, I just believed him. I do blame myself for not doing more research myself.
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