We're looking at buying a house where the windows were replaced in
March 2002. The owner says that this was before the building regs came
into force and therefore they do not need to comply with the current
regulations/fensa etc. and he has no certificates or documentation to
back this up ( they were made by a "friend of a friend" and
documentation is non-existant )

Is this correct or is it something I need to be worried about?

Thanks in advance.

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> We're looking at buying a house where the windows were replaced in
> March 2002. The owner says that this was before the building regs came
> into force and therefore they do not need to comply with the current
> regulations/fensa etc. and he has no certificates or documentation to
> back this up ( they were made by a "friend of a friend" and
> documentation is non-existant )
>
> Is this correct or is it something I need to be worried about?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>

Fensa regs came into force on 1st April 2002 - have a look at 
http://www.fensa.co.uk/
Sometimes we miss the blindingly obvious don't we   :o)

Mogweed.

awf_ng@hotmail.com wrote:

> We're looking at buying a house where the windows were replaced in
> March 2002. The owner says that this was before the building regs came
> into force and therefore they do not need to comply with the current
> regulations/fensa etc. and he has no certificates or documentation to
> back this up ( they were made by a "friend of a friend" and
> documentation is non-existant )
> 
> Is this correct or is it something I need to be worried about?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 


If you really want the house and the windows look in good nick etc 
what's there to worry about? I would imagine that the majority of UK 
housing stock does not have windows made by companies in the FENSA scheme.

Maybe the seller can get them regularised by building control? They will 
/probably/ only be concerned with proof of the U value of the glass.

Alex.

The sealed units probably have a date which should enable you to test the 
hypothesis. Otherwise the vendor can purchase an indemnity policy to cover 
any future enforcement costs.


Peter Crosland

awf_ng@hotmail.com wrote:

> We're looking at buying a house where the windows were replaced in
> March 2002. The owner says that this was before the building regs came
> into force and therefore they do not need to comply with the current
> regulations/fensa etc. and he has no certificates or documentation to
> back this up ( they were made by a "friend of a friend" and
> documentation is non-existant )
> 
> Is this correct or is it something I need to be worried about?
> 
> Thanks in advance.


Just make sure he puts it in writing and that your solicitor is happy 
with his statement.

If you later find otherwise and have a problem because of it, you can 
then try suing him for deception/whatever.

D

awf_ng@hotmail.com wrote:


> We're looking at buying a house where the windows were replaced in
> March 2002. The owner says that this was before the building regs came
> into force and therefore they do not need to comply with the current
> regulations/fensa etc. and he has no certificates or documentation to
> back this up ( they were made by a "friend of a friend" and
> documentation is non-existant )
> 
> Is this correct or is it something I need to be worried about?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 

You need to identify the supplier/fabricator just incase anyway, mine 
were done by a friend of a friend, but included the fabricators details 
so when I had a question, raised by a police CRO, about them I could get 
an answer.

Can't you insist he gets the council to issue a letter of comfort?  In
scotland this is the norm, even though you don't actually require it.