COC own property

**madscot** · 11-Oct-23, 05:05 PM

Hi all
If I decided to sell my own property, would it be legal for me to issue a COC for my own property? It will pass a COC inspection if another sparky does it. I'm just not sure if I'm allowed to do it.
Any feedback will be appreciated.

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**Thys LOW Elektries** · 11-Oct-23, 05:49 PM

For ethical reasons getting someone to COC your property might be better.
People might wonder how honest you were when you did the coc or what you are hiding but there is no law saying you can't do it.
Good luck with the sale

**Andrew_van_Zyl** · 11-Oct-23, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by madscot

Hi all
If I decided to sell my own property, would it be legal for me to issue a COC for my own property? It will pass a COC inspection if another sparky does it. I'm just not sure if I'm allowed to do it.
Any feedback will be appreciated.

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I don't know of any legal obstacles, but it's probably not a good idea to mark your own homework

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**madscot** · 11-Oct-23, 08:04 PM

Thanks for the feedback guys, you confirmed what I thought would be the best thing to do if I decided to sell.

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**GCE** · 12-Oct-23, 09:02 AM

I wont do a COC for any family member , forget about myself.

My Brother got upset over it and I stuck to my guns - 2 years later there was a ceiling that caught fire from a halogen fitting that was rated at 150w and the new owners had stuck a 500watt into the fitting - Had a letter from lawyers with a whole story of how, more than likely did not do the inspection and just signed the coc
Was nice to reply with " I did not inspect nor did I sign , COC was done by company xyz - I await your apology "

We did the repair for which we got paid

**Isetech** · 12-Oct-23, 10:13 AM

I signed the COC for the house I live in at the moment and will sign off the property when I sell it. "that saying if you want it done right...do it yourself"

If you cant trust yourself to sign off a property your family has lived in and you have worked in, how could people trust you to sign off their properties?

The responses here are rather concerning, in fact lets compare this to a solar installation, if you cant sign off your own property, and would pay me to do the inspection and test, why cant I sign off your property solar installation?

**GCE** · 12-Oct-23, 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by Isetech

I signed the COC for the house I live in at the moment and will sign off the property when I sell it. "that saying if you want it done right...do it yourself"

If you cant trust yourself to sign off a property your family has lived in and you have worked in, how could people trust you to sign off their properties?

The responses here are rather concerning, in fact lets compare this to a solar installation, if you cant sign off your own property, and would pay me to do the inspection and test, why cant I sign off your property solar installation?

Because the perception out there is that you would not have done it correctly and more time will be spent back and forth over crap then it is worth.
Better to check it as if you would sign it off and get another contractor in to inspect and sign off.

I have seen it way to often

**Isetech** · 12-Oct-23, 10:42 AM

I find the problem in the industry is not that people dont want to do it right, they just dont have the correct training an skills.

These are the issues I have identified:

1/Companies drop off unskilled staff and dont check their work, the most common problem.

2/ Properties signed off by mates who do them a favour.

3/ Inspectors who do work for big companies and sign off the boss mans property as a favour, without visiting the site, another common problem.

4/ Parts of the building not accessible at the time of inspection, this has resulted in a few come backs.

5/ The fact that the people signing off installation are are not actually suitably qualified with the necessary training or experience nor the skills to be signing off properties.

**skatingsparks** · 16-Oct-23, 08:21 AM

I did the CoC on the house I bought - I literally disconnected eveything and signed off the main switch as everything was a wreck. I knew i was going to rewire from top to bottom.
So rewired everything (5 yeards ago) - work of art - it is my own house. Did my own CoC - to the letter.

Recently installed an inverter in my place and retested - no incoming earth from municipality. How long its been missing I don't know.

I do my own place to teh standard I wouyld do my clients. My standard is (Along with SANS10142) - "would it be good enough for my own mums house?"

**Isetech** · 17-Oct-23, 11:07 AM

It doesnt say much for this industry as a whole, if an inspector cant even get it right in his own home where his family lives, why would they care about the safety of some random family ?

We are talking about the same thing right? Electricity (which can kill people and animals and even burn your house down) and the certificate of compliance which is suppose to be a legal document designed to for the safety of humans and animals ?

I am just going to smile

Originally Posted by GCE

Because the perception out there is that you would not have done it correctly and more time will be spent back and forth over crap then it is worth.
Better to check it as if you would sign it off and get another contractor in to inspect and sign off.

I have seen it way to often