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Do I Need a Final Certificate to Sell My Self-Build Home?
We are currently half way through our new self build and it is time to put our home on the market to finance the rest of the project. This too was a self build. I have all the needed architects certificates. However, I never approached the local council for a final certificate. They had made the usual visits up to this point and were satisfied. I have lived here now for eleven and a half years. Would I still need a final certificate in order to sell?
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The issue may well be with the solicitors of any potential purchasers if they insist on seeing a completion certificate, which they probably will. You can spend a fortune paying solicitor’s fees sorting out something that is easily resolved by contacting your local authority building control for a copy of the final certificate.
If all of the inspections had been made before completion and the completion certificate is the only thing missing, it should be a simple matter to get the certificate issued retrospectively. Even though the regulations will have changed over the years, the only ones that apply to your home are the ones that were in force when you initially applied for building regulations approval.
– Mike Hardwick, self-build consultant and Build It expert