Guides for sellers, executors and conveyancers
Plain-English answers when a buyer's solicitor asks for a certificate you can't find. Each one is checked against the official source and says when we last looked.
How to get a replacement FENSA certificate for a house sale
When a buyer's solicitor asks for a FENSA certificate on the TA6 form: how replacement FENSA certificates work, what FENSA never covers (conservatories, porches, new builds), and why missing window certificates often sit on CERTASS or council registers instead.
Selling a house with missing certificates: what to do
Your buyer's solicitor wants a FENSA, boiler, electrical or completion certificate and you can't find it. How to get a copy, regularise the work or use indemnity insurance.
The TA6 property information form: which certificates a seller needs
What the Law Society TA6 form asks about replacement windows, building work, electrics and heating, which certificates answer each question, and what to say if you don't have one.
Indemnity insurance or a replacement certificate: which should you choose?
What building regulations indemnity insurance covers, what it doesn't, why you should talk to your solicitor before contacting the council, and when a replacement certificate is the better route.
Selling a probate property when nobody knows what work was done
Executors selling an estate often have no paperwork for the windows, boiler or wiring. Where to look, who the registers will deal with, and what to tell the buyer's solicitor.
Boiler installation certificate or gas safety certificate: what's the difference?
The Gas Safe Building Regulations certificate, the landlord's annual gas safety record (CP12) and a boiler service record are three different documents. Which one your buyer wants, and how to replace it.
Missing certificate for a new fuse box or rewire: what to do
Part P certificates, electrical installation certificates and EICRs explained. Which one a buyer wants for a new consumer unit or rewire, where it is held, and what to do if the electrician never notified the work.