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Bought a property with dangerous electrics - who is liable?
Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.23 PM
18 months ago I bought a house from a man who lived at the residence but also acted under a company name to renovate the house before selling it to me. A couple of months ago I moved out and put the house on the market for rental. Before the tenants moved in an electrical inspection was conducted, which it completely failed, resulting in a bill of over £4,000. The failures ranged from a TT earth with no 100 MA main RCD switch, lighting circuits with either no CPC wire or the CPC wire being used as a live and no local isolation to the cooker to name but a few. As the building was extended for a new kitchen and an en suite was added, was the builder (or company he traded under) not obliged to meet safety requirements and building regs? Question: Is he at fault? Can I pursue this matter and if so, how do I go about it? Many thanks
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