Hi
We are in the process of buying a house.
I engaged a conveyancer, partly at the recommendation of a mortgage broker. So far I have been uncertain about a lot of the advice he has given. I check and research everything I am advised to do. In this case my checks have raised doubts about much of his information.
The latest thing I am concerned about:
He advised that he would need to obtain a building certificate (for which there is an extra fee). Before we had even exchanged contracts with the agent, the conveyancer had personally looked over the S32. The S32 we have been presented with contains the building permit, the certificate of insurance and the occupancy permit. The house was also only built about a year ago.
Is there any reason then why the conveyancer should need to obtain a building certificate (Form 10)? When I asked he muttered something about the fact that he needed to do this because the house is so new. It didn't seem to make much sense to me...
If he can't clearly articulate why he needs this it makes me think he may just be revenue raising.
I phoned the head office of the conveyancing firm and asked 'generically' in what circumstances conveyancers would ordinarily need to apply for a building certificate. They advised that as long as I had received a copy of the building permit, insurance certificate and the occupancy certificate in the S32 there should be no need to apply for a building certificate.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Cheers
We are in the process of buying a house.
I engaged a conveyancer, partly at the recommendation of a mortgage broker. So far I have been uncertain about a lot of the advice he has given. I check and research everything I am advised to do. In this case my checks have raised doubts about much of his information.
The latest thing I am concerned about:
He advised that he would need to obtain a building certificate (for which there is an extra fee). Before we had even exchanged contracts with the agent, the conveyancer had personally looked over the S32. The S32 we have been presented with contains the building permit, the certificate of insurance and the occupancy permit. The house was also only built about a year ago.
Is there any reason then why the conveyancer should need to obtain a building certificate (Form 10)? When I asked he muttered something about the fact that he needed to do this because the house is so new. It didn't seem to make much sense to me...
If he can't clearly articulate why he needs this it makes me think he may just be revenue raising.
I phoned the head office of the conveyancing firm and asked 'generically' in what circumstances conveyancers would ordinarily need to apply for a building certificate. They advised that as long as I had received a copy of the building permit, insurance certificate and the occupancy certificate in the S32 there should be no need to apply for a building certificate.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Cheers