by thedoctor »
Thu May 31, 2007 8:36 am
Talk to your solicitor about a Building Regulations Consent Indemnity Poilcy. This kind of policy is (usually) issued against action being taken by local authorites in respect of taking work down which does not have building regulation approval. The policy can be passed onto the buyer who is then safe against any action by the council. It does not however insure you, or them, against any failure in the work which is not covered by the building regulations so, for example, if the foundations crack and the extension subsides, you are not covered, however, if the council decide to tell the owners to take down the extension because of a lack of regulation approval, you should be covered. Please check all of this information with your solicitor, we are not involved in construction law in any way and are only able to pass on information which has been given to us.