Hi all,
We're looking to buy a house at the moment. The property is generally sound but even to my partially knoweldgable eye there are some serious defects with the electrics, including:
- Undersized conductors for circuits
- Inappropriate MCB specification and circuits for applicances
- Lack of labelling, incorrect labelling, no evidence of any testing
- Standard T&E direct buried in the earth to feed the outbuilding
- One MCB on the main CU feeding the whole CU for the extension, in turn with one MCB feeding the CU for the outbuilding. All with 100A main breakers and all coming from a single 6mm conductor from the main CU.
We've requested evidence of electrical works/certificates but the vendor has come back to say none exist, which is possible as the work was done prior to 1998. However the CU in the extension is an absolute state, I can't believe this was ever done by a 'professional' (yes, the black tape covers the fact there are no blanking plates and the bus-bar is directly under this).
This is only the second house I've ever bought and my first non-new-build. Is it reasonable to request the seller gets an EICR and corrects any major defects? Or is this part and parcel of buying an older building and on my shoulders?
We're looking to buy a house at the moment. The property is generally sound but even to my partially knoweldgable eye there are some serious defects with the electrics, including:
- Undersized conductors for circuits
- Inappropriate MCB specification and circuits for applicances
- Lack of labelling, incorrect labelling, no evidence of any testing
- Standard T&E direct buried in the earth to feed the outbuilding
- One MCB on the main CU feeding the whole CU for the extension, in turn with one MCB feeding the CU for the outbuilding. All with 100A main breakers and all coming from a single 6mm conductor from the main CU.
We've requested evidence of electrical works/certificates but the vendor has come back to say none exist, which is possible as the work was done prior to 1998. However the CU in the extension is an absolute state, I can't believe this was ever done by a 'professional' (yes, the black tape covers the fact there are no blanking plates and the bus-bar is directly under this).
This is only the second house I've ever bought and my first non-new-build. Is it reasonable to request the seller gets an EICR and corrects any major defects? Or is this part and parcel of buying an older building and on my shoulders?