Can a missing EIC stop me selling my home?

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Can a missing EIC stop me selling my home? If you have had any ‘notifiable’ electrical works carried out at your home since 2005, the law requires you to have an Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC). If you don’t have an EIC when it comes to selling your home, it can throw a spanner in the works during the conveyancing process. This article looks at the implications of a missing EIC and what a seller’s options are when it comes to moving home. What are ‘notifiable’ works? Electrical work carried out at residential properties in England and Wales is covered by Part P of the Building Regulations. The regulations state that: Reasonable provision shall be made in the design and installation of electrical installations in order to protect persons operating, maintaining or altering the installations from fire or injury’. Building regulations are policed by Local Authority Building Control (LABC). LABC [...]