Stroma Certification Scheme Fraudulent Certificate

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I agree with Mike & Snowhead, the dispute is between yourself and the seller, this is clear.

Having said that the electrical issues seem minor and would only take a couple of hours to correct, so if you allow a day and some materials you are looking at £300 or less to get a safe installation.

With that in mind, I’d instruct my solicitor to write to the seller a letter explaining that he/she has committed fraud, outline why and demand say £500 to correct the defects to stop further proceedings. I don’t think I’d take it any further than that due to cost, but I think you would more than likely get a cheque through in a few days.

Looking at the certificate I don’t think that you have a particularly dangerous installation, the test results seem okay and you have a newish metal consumer unit, which is probably the addition/alteration that’s 1 year old. Might be worth asking for that certificate but I’m sure if the seller had one they'd have supplied it.

I like and agree with this post, but get an actual quote first and add any redecoration that will be needed as a result of works done.

 

[GBDamo]

The fist report is abysmal the second very thorough.

There are a lot of observations, some duplicate the same issue, but not a lot of cost in putting it right.

Just a lot of tidying up really.

However your dispute goes with the seller I can't see that lot coming to more than a days labour and £20-30 in parts.

 

[Baddegg]

You could go further and argue that you purchased thinking the wiring was 3 years old as per the certificate, indicating it had been rewired recently........the seller/person ordering the report should have at least read the report and queried some of it, obviously to a layman the test results are gibberish but age or wiring is pretty simple and if they lived there longer than the stated 3 years they would have known that to be false or a mistake...

 

[Mike Johnson]

Go for the Jugular, they tried to screw you and think they got away with it, "do unto others as thoust would have them do unto you". ?

 

[Baddegg]

Bit harsh @Mike Johnson.....although the seller is obviously ultimately responsible in the eyes of the law the real villain is the person masquerading as a spark.....but let’s face it the seller has just gone with the cheapest he could find and is now gonna get bitten on the arse ?

 

[Mike Johnson]

 

[JBW175]

Looks like the seller definitely got their £60’s worth of inspection and testing on that first report...??

This is the trouble with people going with the cheapest option, what they’re getting is a load of sh1t3 for their money that’s not worth the paper it’s printed on.

We all know how long it takes to complete a thorough inspection; and that’s what we should be doing and charging accordingly.

when I quote for EICR’s these days, I let the client know roughly how long it should take and warn them that anyone charging substantially under will be done in 40 minutes and won’t have tested bugger all.

 

[Pdhroche]

Definitely a civil matter, although the initial EICR is clearly inadequate, how much of the second inspection is exaggerated?

 

[richy3333]

I agree with Mike & Snowhead, the dispute is between yourself and the seller, this is clear.

Having said that the electrical issues seem minor and would only take a couple of hours to correct, so if you allow a day and some materials you are looking at £300 or less to get a safe installation.

With that in mind, I’d instruct my solicitor to write to the seller a letter explaining that he/she has committed fraud, outline why and demand say £500 to correct the defects to stop further proceedings. I don’t think I’d take it any further than that due to cost, but I think you would more than likely get a cheque through in a few days.

Looking at the certificate I don’t think that you have a particularly dangerous installation, the test results seem okay and you have a newish metal consumer unit, which is probably the addition/alteration that’s 1 year old. Might be worth asking for that certificate but I’m sure if the seller had one they'd have supplied it.

If the CU is only a year old, what retard puts all the circuits on 1 RCD ?

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Did you get anywhere with this @ebrcknrdg ? Would be interesting to know if Stroma decided to act?

 

[ebrcknrdg]

Did you get anywhere with this @ebrcknrdg ? Would be interesting to know if Stroma decided to act?

Hi

No stroma weren’t interested at all. In the end the solicitor wouldn’t help either because there was a conflict of interest due to the seller using the same solicitors when selling the property. So I came to an agreement with the seller himself whereby he covered the cost of the repairs

 

[Mike Johnson]

Glad you got this sorted, but does the solicitor need reporting to their professional body for not representing their clients interests or miss conduct?

 

[ebrcknrdg]

Glad you got this sorted, but does the solicitor need reporting to their professional body for not representing their clients interests or miss conduct?

I tried contacting the SRA who weren’t very helpful either! I signed a form regarding the conflict of interest when purchasing the property so it seems i signed my rights away. Lesson learnt on many levels

 

[Mike Johnson]

Notwithstanding you signing a form, this does not diss-charge the solicitor from performing in a way to represent his client in a professional manner and in accordance with the conveyancing laws, the SRA will not be keen to take on a complaint unless you put it in writing, ask for their complaints procedure documentation or if available a complaints form.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Hi

No stroma weren’t interested at all. In the end the solicitor wouldn’t help either because there was a conflict of interest due to the seller using the same solicitors when selling the property. So I came to an agreement with the seller himself whereby he covered the cost of the repairs

Good for you, glad it's sorted ?