Level 3 Survey - No Building Regulations Approval?
Hi,
I'm a first time buyer and have just had a level 3 survey done and was hoping to get some advice on some of the things that have cropped up. The house itself seems to be in generally fair condition, however, one of the things highlighted was the lack of building regulation sign offs.
In particular, there is a garage conversion and a timber framed extension that was done in 2008, including the removal of a stud wall between the kitchen and dining room. We have a statement from the seller 's previous seller where they've said "the property had a detached garage to the left rear. We converted thus garage into a bedroom, utility room and shower room and joined it to the house with an extension to the rear elevation that provides an additional lounge. At the same time we also took down a non-structural wall between the kitchen and dining room and constructed a detached timber shed/workshop in the back garden. All of these alterations fitted within permitted development. We did not however seek building regulations approval. There has been no issues with any of these alterations over the years "
The shed in question also did not have planning permission, which the surveyor said it would likely have needed (although he's also said it's very unlikely that we would need to demolish this as its been there since 2008 with no complaints). There was also no information around the gas boiler installation (a second one which was installed, although the sellers are going to provide a safety record for us), FENSA certificates, or NICEIC/equivalent for electrical installation. Our seller has offered an indemnity policy, which is what their previous seller also offered them.
Does this sound like something that is ok to proceed with? The surveyor states that the extension seems in generally good condition, and has advised that there may be little benefit of getting another structural survey done as the sellers likely won't be happy with anything invasive (so they'd only able to say what he's already told us).
The only other issue was some rainwater ingress in the roof of another separate garage due to poor securing of felt junctions, and some aging windows (including one non fire safety compliant window).
Any advice is welcome, thank you!