A question for the professional builders out there. We had a chimney rebuilt as we wanted to open up a fireplace to put a gas fire in. We are now in the process of selling our house and have been asked by the solicitor to fill in a form about whether we've had any building work done, and to provide the necessary building regs approval documents.

did we need to get building regs approval for rebuilding a chimney taht was taken away about 10 years ago? did the builder who built it advise us wrongly that we didn't need building regs approval?
thanks,

BC

Contact the council :thumbsup:

You can't sell without getting this sorted - so you may as well :(

they'll tell you what paperwork you may or may not need, and if I remember correctly (from friends who had a kitchen knocked through prior to a sale) it isn't expensive ;)

Is the chimney working or is aesthetic .

Is the chimney working or is aesthetic .... and have the chimney breasts been removed from the rooms below? :shocked:

lol. no, it's a working chimney for a gas fire.

turns out we do need building regulations approval, and will be applying for this retrospectively, or 'regularising' it. pain in the neck, but nothing serious.

thanks strix.

:) glad to be of help :)