Electrical certificate for own house

[al cw]

Afternoon all,
I was wandering were I stand with an electrical certificate. I am a qualified electrician and have just finished doing work on my own house.
rewired new kitchen new power and lights in the garage and a few new sockets on radials. have also put in downlights in kitchen as well and power for duel fuel towel rail.
I left the company I was with before the work was completed but now it is I was wandering on how to get a certificate. the whole house has been tested by myself and all the results are as they should be. I know I need a cert for insurance purposes as there is some new wiring but as an electrician myself can I certify my own work on a test paper. the company I use to work for had there own QS therefore there was no need for me to be signed up to Napit or NICEIC.

 

[Midwest]

When this part P thing first came out I replaced a consumer unit and rewired the kitchen at my sisters. We informed building control, paid the fee and they had no idea what to do.

They decided in the end to get me to send them a copy of my JIB card, they sent a guy round who asked to see the bonding. That was all they looked at.

Never bothered to worry about part P since.

Till you come to sell your house. If you go to your local council web site, look under planning, building control, address search, it will list notifications for that address, for alterations, new circuits etc etc.

Granted no ones going to be able to tell whether a property has had alterations, additions even new circuits, but the 17th CU will be a give away to a nosey surveyor perhaps?

 

[sparksburnout]

It's a sellers market. No "surveyor" is going to look at the CU. If there are any issues, the seller is just going to say "look do you want this house or not mate?". I have had about half a dozen false alarms in the last 6 months, where an estate agent that uses me has told the seller that he needs an EICR doing, and there have all gone TU when he has said "rollox to that unless the buyers paying for it". I don't get this about needing a certificate for work done, nobody is going to know or care anyway.

 

[Midwest]

Its also a buyers market, the two work in tandem. I did some work for a customer a couple of years back, issued them with the appropriate documentation at the time, which they obviously filed in bin 13.

That was until they decided to sell & move, and 'their' solicitor wanted certificates for the recent refurbishments they had carried out in their property, including my electrical work. I provide them with copies, which stopped their panicky emails & phone calls about the matter.

Course you can carry on with a cavalier attitude

Until it bites your bum

 

[sparksburnout]

LOL, I wasn't supporting the idea, just commenting on how things seem to be. I like the cavalier bit though, I always fancied myself as a bit of a swashbuckler. Anyway this is a bit rich coming from a bloke with a pterodactyl size bird feeder on top of his chimney-stack
I hope you billed them for the copies.

 

[Midwest]

LOL, I wasn't supporting the idea, just commenting on how things seem to be. I like the cavalier bit though, I always fancied myself as a bit of a swashbuckler. Anyway this is a bit rich coming from a bloke with a pterodactyl size bird feeder on top of his chimney-stack
I hope you billed them for the copies.

Nope soft as s***e

 

[Midwest]

I did get a certificate of compliance for the bird feeder. I'll just pretend my handy work was the original

 

[Des 56]

Electricians on electricians forums care deeply about notifications

They seem to be a unique animal,its way down the list of importance and sometimes relevance in most others peoples concerns

Get yourself a eicr from yourself if ever you sell (or if some insurance company wants a certificate) and it will be fine

 

[al cw]

There seem to be no really cluas on what's right or wrong. I only ask this question as I have left the electrical trade now and work in a different trade. the work all carried out by me and all the results are as they should be and with current regs. we are not moving as just spent £££thousands doing the house up. but was a little unsure on what was needed with paper work. at the end of the day no one should (I hope not) question my ability to what I have done but there is always something or someone out there putting a spanner in the works.

 

[Midwest]

Just leave as is, as others have suggested. When you do come to sell, just see what pans out, expect the worst might happen is you'll be asked for an EICR.

As I understand things, there is a time limit on BC requiring a rectification of unauthorised works (section 36 building act 1984), although they it may still obtain an injunction to force the owner to remedy the failure of compliances at any time.

Can't see that happening in your example.