Part P government review 2010/11

[ARWadsworth]

But add to that no main earthing and it is a dangerous installation.

[Robin]

Glasgow salad included of course ;)

[John Rumm]

He may equally be deceiving them if he did. He did not commission the potential buyers test and has no visibility of the credibility or otherwise of it. It might be there is nothing wrong and the buyer is simply trying it on for a discount. It would be daft to go on a recommend the test to other buyers - especially as its not even yours to recommend.

I would be very surprised. The whole system of house sales is built on the foundation that the buyer has their own survey and makes their own decisions.

You will also be fine if you said nothing, and the whole lot burnt to the ground five days after completion due to dodgy wiring. Why should a vendor be any more expected to understand the finer points of wiring than any other aspects of house construction?

[Steve Walker]

Ours was a repossession and besides needing a complete re-wire, also needed new internal doors, new radiators, new pump, new motorised valves, new boiler, new header tanks, new shower, etc., etc., etc. - basically before leaving, the previous owners had gutted it, even cutting the pipes to remove the rads!

SteveW

[Steve Walker]

I'd not like to have to be retested regularly. I have done it once (I trained to be a driving instructor) and it's very stressful. Most people would fail on "bad" habits that are not actually of any great danger or doing things the way they were taught that have changed over the years.

The real way to improve safety would be to get rid of many of the cameras and get real traffic police out in force. That way people will be pulled and checked because of bad driving and the millions that are unlicenced, untaxed, uninsured, etc. might actually be taken off the road.

SteveW

[Steve Walker]

I don't know how things are progressing, but I was told last year that one of the companies that produced microchips for pets is working on one that will not only allow vets to read off the ID and temperature as many do, but also blood sugar levels. Now if they can get those working, I can see diabetics being interested in using such a device with an external monitor for continuous readings. That would be interesting for all sorts of restrictions on licences and in work.

SteveW

[dennis]

Or.. Increase the fines on the cameras, have more of them, fund more police from the camera revenue. Hide the cameras so habitual speeders lose their license faster. Do people who are caught by visible cameras for driving without due care or being blind.

They still are, the cameras are in addition to police.

[ARWadsworth]

I have had some "very nice" phone calls from sellers after condeming their electrics.

[Clive George]

Continuous monitoring is coming along - I had a go on a 3 day meter possibly 5 years ago, and they're now showing the results to the wearer (the one I tried just logged, which wasn't very useful). Tying it up to a pump then gives you a complete solution. Forget the restrictions on licences etc, it would just make life better. Though there would still be the problem of having something permanently stuck in you, which isn't necessarily going to be good.

[John Rumm]

Offering sex and travel ;-)

[John Rumm]

No point, speeding is a minor cause of road accidents. (inappropriate speed for the conditions causes far more, and cameras are no use for detecting that).

Someone ought to tell them.

Still ANPR cameras could probably do a reasonable job of targeting vehicles without tax or insurance - that would make a far bigger contribution to road safety than speed cameras.

[dennis]

The cameras only detect inappropriate speed as far as the law is concerned.

Lets face it.. to get caught by a big yellow speed camera requires you to be stupid, or to be driving without due care. The sooner they lose their license the better.

You obviously don't see the police in the unmarked cars.

They do that too. Maybe you don't notice them because they mostly target people using anpr cameras these days.

I know several places where they will regularly setup anpr cameras and will be diverting people down a side street to a car park where they are processed. Its all done low key so they don't get much warning.

[Neil Williams]

The problem is that there are many earlier-than-current standards that the electrical installation in a property may well comply to. Most won't be to the latest standards, and most won't have RCDs.

Check again in 20 years' time and you will find the situation to be different...

Neil

[Neil Williams]

You are not, AIUI, required to tell the buyer anything that is not explicitly asked for.

If the buyer asked if the electrical installation was safe, you said "yes" and the answer was known to be "no", OTOH, that might be a problem. But as there are, as others have stated, different degrees of "safe", they might be more likely to answer "you're welcome to inspect it yourself or to have an electrician inspect it, I'm not qualified to say". I wouldn't go on what a buyer said their surveyor said, as they might be making it up to try to get a greater discount.

Neil

[Mark]

Problem is that there are plenty of buyers out there who are so ignorant and will only discover the problems after purchase. This makes life more difficult for those of us that do the research.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I remember seeing that on a house near here. Everything just piled up in the front garden. I knew the owner slightly and he was quite open it was because he was being repossessed and believed he was getting a bad deal so was doing it just to spite the loan company. And it seemed to me such a waste to both sides.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

The right type of cameras are brilliant at logging registration numbers and checking on insurance, etc. Far more efficient than any human. Should then be possible to stop the quite large numbers who never bother with minor details like insurance.

[Mark]

I'd not like it but would recognise it as useful. People think as long as they have passed their test then can drive as badly as they like. Regular testing would help people realize they need to keep their driving standard up all the time.

I disagree. Bad habits rarely cause collisions but, when a collision occurs, it was caused by one of those "Bad" habits. People get used to driving poorly since they get away with it most of the time. Only when they cause a collision are they prosecuted for that bad habit despite the fact that many motorists do the same, a lot of the time.

Yes. We do need far more traffic police. I don't think we have any here (in a rural area).

[Mark]

I don't see any evidence of traffic police. I see many motorists breaking the law all the time. I've not seen one being pulled over for it in the last 10 years.

[ARWadsworth]

South Yorkshire police do regular road blocks using ANPR to decide which cars to pull up.