Question regarding single phase electrical wiring of premises

[Isetech]

Anyone looking to buy a property, read this carefully, this is why I keep telling my customers to have the installation checked prior to signing the transfer document, once you sign that document, you are on your own.

the response from a certain Association............that i will not name here. I find this absurd.


Good Day,



We need to distinguish between:

the certification of the existing installation as it stands as not being hazardous, per the CoC, and
how the installations should ideally have been done whenever it was, and best practice and how we would like it done or would do it better today.


The person who did the CoC did it in terms of the first and is not responsible for the latter, unless it transgresses the first.



We would recommend that you firstly determine

the cost of what should have been done in terms of legislation, and
then of what you would like, and
then decide based on that who is responsible for that,
and how to deal with it.


We have found that mostly the cost of legally required corrective action is minimal compared to the cost and trauma of legal action.

That said, personally I would simply fix what needs to be done and if the cost is significant, try recover from previous owner.



Remember that your legal recourse remains with the previous owner in terms of you purchase agreement.

You have no dealings/contract with the person who did the CoC, he worked for the previous owner who appointed and paid him.

He then has to address the electrician in terms of their contract.