Cert. of Compliance when selling

[faketales]

Currently in the process of selling a house built in early 1980s.

Solicitor has advised we should get a Cert. of Compliance.

Struggling to get quotes, finally got one, €650, bit steeper than I had hoped and they noted another €350 for a letter to confirm the garage conversion to a bedroom is exempt development.

Is this standard when selling a house? If so why is it so difficult to find someone doing it? For example I see load doing Engineers Survey and BER Cert which also happens to be far cheeper.

Do I wait til if a buyer asks for it?

 

[ClubMan]

Do I wait til if a buyer asks for it?

What does your solicitor advise?
I sold a house last year and late in the process the buyers asked, presumably on foot of their survey, about a certificate of compliance for alterations that I wasn't even aware of and which were presumably done before I originally bought it.
In the end they didn't push for it so I didn't need to get it done.
I can't recall how much my solicitor said it might cost from a contact that they had but I think it may have been about €800.

 

[Nutso]

We also recently sold a house and had to get a cert of compliance for the extension completed (full PP) almost 20 years ago. I can't remember if we got one at the time or not. The cost was 750 inc VAT. Banks usually require a cert of compliance if there is a mortgage being drawn down on the property. I suppose it's kind of risky for the engineers to certify it if they were not involved in the planning/building process. If you can get all the paperwork in order before the house goes sale agreed (my solicitor advised this), the sale will run more smoothly.

 

[Corola]

Do I wait til if a buyer asks for it?

When buying our house our solicitor advised that if the seller didn't provide a Cert of Compliance for the shed, then we could be asked for it when we came to sell. So better that they pay for it than us.