The Lemon Fool

My son accepted an offer on his flat about 5 weeks ago. He just received a message originating from the buyer's bank claiming that their valuer has been unable to provide a valuation figure for the property due to fire safety risks. My son has been asked to provide either:

a) An original Building Regulations completion certificate for the works or,

b) A Regularisation Certificate?

I have never come across such a requirement. Has anyone come across similar demands?

Thanks

T7

Ive not come across this but wonder if it has anything to do with the cladding issue.

Flat is top half of 1930s brick house converted into flats during 1980s - no cladding.

T7

What works are they asking for the certificate for? The original conversion into flats? That would be out of time for enforcement in most cases, but as I understand it the BCO can enforce indefinitely if it's a safety issue rather than a technical non-compliance. Unfortunately there are a lot of dodgy conversions about so I can understand them wanting to see the paperwork if it looks like there may be an issue.