Loft Conversion

When acting for the buyer, how would you be made aware there is a Loft Conversion at the property? Select all that apply

• By checking the SPIF

• The Official Copies

• Google Earth or the Sales Particulars

• The buyers Survey or Valuation

• The Contract

Do you require Planning Permission for a Loft Conversion?

• Yes

• No

• Planning Permission is required where you extend the roof space and it exceeds specified limits and conditions.

Do you require a Building Regulation Completion Certificate for a Loft Conversion

• Yes

• No

If the seller never had the Loft Conversion signed off with a Building Regulation Completion Certificate, how would you proceed?

• Indemnity Insurance

• Advise the Buyer and proceed

• Advise the Lender and proceed

• Insist on a Regularisation Certificate

What is the follow document being described:

''Before the work starts the developer (or client) advises the local authority and deposits with it plans of the proposed works''

• Building Regulation Approval

• Planning Permission

• Building Regulation Completion Certifcate

• Regularisation Certificate

What is the enforcement period for building regulations?

• 12 months

• 4 years

• 10 years

• 20 years

What does the buyer need to be made aware of when purchasing a property with a Loft conversion without building regulations. Select all that apply

• The Loft can not be used as a habitable room

• We can not confirm the structural integrity of the loft and maybe unsafe even for storage

• Indemnity Insurance would only cover enforcement action and not defective work

• The Loft Conversion could affect the value of the property

• This could affect the Buildings Insurance on the property