Exposed: Cash for logos and drive by inspections

 AJJewsbury @Chris Pearson 

If I wrote an EICR for the potential purchaser of a property similar to the examples in the IET OSG and Guidance Note I would be fearful of ending up in court like the electrician in Pembrokeshire did last year.

Generally every observation requires a code and every adverse code definitely needs an observation; and every deviation from the requirements of the current edition of the Wiring Regulations requires both.

I know that EICRs that I did for landlords were subsequently used to sell the property and the reverse is true, EICRs I did for people selling properties are now being used for letting the property to tenants by the new owner.

So every non-compliance gets coded and an observation added when I do EICRs regardless of if it’s for a person selling, buying, letting or renting, because these EICRs will be “valid” for years to come and you don’t know who will eventually be holding it or what purpose they will use it for.

 AJJewsbury @Chris Pearson 

If I wrote an EICR for the potential purchaser of a property similar to the examples in the IET OSG and Guidance Note I would be fearful of ending up in court like the electrician in Pembrokeshire did last year.

Generally every observation requires a code and every adverse code definitely needs an observation; and every deviation from the requirements of the current edition of the Wiring Regulations requires both.

I know that EICRs that I did for landlords were subsequently used to sell the property and the reverse is true, EICRs I did for people selling properties are now being used for letting the property to tenants by the new owner.

So every non-compliance gets coded and an observation added when I do EICRs regardless of if it’s for a person selling, buying, letting or renting, because these EICRs will be “valid” for years to come and you don’t know who will eventually be holding it or what purpose they will use it for.