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Any advice on the following would be v much appreciated. I have put a booking deposit on a partially built property but due to ongoing problems with Chartered Engineer etc am not going to go ahead with the purchase and presume the booking deposit is refundable. The chartered engineer charged me 450 euros for structural report (cash) I got no receipt from him. I received the report. Then he told me he would need to work out calculations re additional steel members to be erected at ceiling and 1st floor level to support wide roof span (4,000sq ft property) and would charge me 300 euros for this report. Now he says he just needs to discuss same with potential builder and I never received this report? To date I have paid him 740euros cash. On site I asked him if the existing doors and windows complied with building regulations and he said yes as they were put in prior to 2006, they were put in in 2004. He said I needed to employ an energy consultant who he reccommended to advise on windows, heating systems, air tightness , insulation etc. I met with the energy consultant on site on 11th August , gave him the 150 euros he requested and to date have received no written report re same dispite requesting same. Now the chartered engineer says he is not in a position to advise if the the existing windows and doors need to comply with part L building regulations, this is the job of the energy consultant, but , he the engineer needs to see if the present windows and doors need to comply with part F building regs and wants more money, but does not know how much?? Original planning was granted on 6.10.99 and expired Oct 2004. Existing windows and doors put in in 2004.