Hi gents and ladies,
Making the probable mistake of buying a house at present : bit of a fixer with a shoddy but recent boiler installation. Have a bit of a question for our resident gas people, if you can possibly help me out here.
The vendors seem to have lost the installation invoice, but obviously have something somewhere, as they had major repairs allegedly carried out under warranty by Baxi itself about two months ago. My solicitors keep throwing me various invoices and Landlord Certificates from last autumn. I didn't ask for this : I just wanted the owners to confirm that the boiler is basically functional, but they seem to be supplying what they can as they find it.
I think my solicitor is asking for this to make it look like they are asking the right questions, but I frankly doubt the value of having a recent gas safety certificate issued by a cowboy firm in the first place, especially when the boiler has since been ripped apart and rebuilt since the certificate was issued.
Vendors are a bit clueless about everything concerning the house. I don't really get it, but we are all different.
All I care about at this point is whether the boiler, when installed, was actually installed and commissioned by a registered gas installer, however shoddy, and that the relevant paperwork was completed at that time. Because I will want the thing checked out by someone half decent when I finally get the house regardless, but if turns out the installation was by a non-qualified person, then a whole new swapout will probably be cheaper, whereas a couple of hours going over a shoddy installation by a competent person to check for any obvious dangerous issues is another matter.
I know there should be a Benchmark Certificate somewhere, but is that a register, or just some information that is written in the back of IOMs? Because if it's just something written in the instructions, I actually saw it when I had the place surveyed, so I know that it exists, or used to exist anyway!
What do I need to ask to see, paperwork wise to prove that the installation is officially pucker (on paper anyway)? Specifically, what is it all called? If there is a warranty registered with Baxi, which they say there is, Baxi should also have a record of the installation, right? Does Gas Safe keep a register of installations?
Feeling a bit clueless myself now. Any pointers?
Making the probable mistake of buying a house at present : bit of a fixer with a shoddy but recent boiler installation. Have a bit of a question for our resident gas people, if you can possibly help me out here.
The vendors seem to have lost the installation invoice, but obviously have something somewhere, as they had major repairs allegedly carried out under warranty by Baxi itself about two months ago. My solicitors keep throwing me various invoices and Landlord Certificates from last autumn. I didn't ask for this : I just wanted the owners to confirm that the boiler is basically functional, but they seem to be supplying what they can as they find it.
I think my solicitor is asking for this to make it look like they are asking the right questions, but I frankly doubt the value of having a recent gas safety certificate issued by a cowboy firm in the first place, especially when the boiler has since been ripped apart and rebuilt since the certificate was issued.
Vendors are a bit clueless about everything concerning the house. I don't really get it, but we are all different.
All I care about at this point is whether the boiler, when installed, was actually installed and commissioned by a registered gas installer, however shoddy, and that the relevant paperwork was completed at that time. Because I will want the thing checked out by someone half decent when I finally get the house regardless, but if turns out the installation was by a non-qualified person, then a whole new swapout will probably be cheaper, whereas a couple of hours going over a shoddy installation by a competent person to check for any obvious dangerous issues is another matter.
I know there should be a Benchmark Certificate somewhere, but is that a register, or just some information that is written in the back of IOMs? Because if it's just something written in the instructions, I actually saw it when I had the place surveyed, so I know that it exists, or used to exist anyway!
What do I need to ask to see, paperwork wise to prove that the installation is officially pucker (on paper anyway)? Specifically, what is it all called? If there is a warranty registered with Baxi, which they say there is, Baxi should also have a record of the installation, right? Does Gas Safe keep a register of installations?
Feeling a bit clueless myself now. Any pointers?