dereko1969
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there is no reason why this wall cannot be reinstated when he wishes to sell. maybe he's making it clear to you there's no room for you to stay over..
- re non-load bearing: told by whom? - a mate who's an engineer (i think)
- get solicitor to review any legal documentation, contracts and inform management company to see what obligation he is under - it may be just noise when working, or they may want professional insurance/ supervision to oversee works. - thanks I agree not sure my brother does
- caveat: it would best if he discussed this on-site with an Arch or Eng familiar with apartment fire regulations - agree
i think that's a bit of a wild statement, its worth abiding by the regulations don't you think? after all its that attitude that some developers took in recent years!I wouldn't be worried about fire safety certificate at this stage we all know they are completely pointless and worthless.
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useless or otherwise you are in certain circumstances legally obliged to obtain one.
if you have a fire or some other mishap and wish to make a claim from your home insurance, having no fire cert when you should have had one, is a nice little get out clause for the insurers...
i think that's a bit of a wild statement, its worth abiding by the regulations don't you think? after all its that attitude that some developers took in recent years!
I wasn't aware that a fire safety cert was necessary for the insurance, I've had insurance for many years on various properties but don't recall anything about fire safety certificates.
one concern would be that your existing corridor is (or maybe should be) a fire rated corridor and by enlarging the living space you are effectively extending the distance from the far corner of the living room to the final exit - see page 24/25 with regards to acceptable travel distances http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/BuildingStandards/FileDownLoad,1640,en.pdfThanks again for the further info, this is what my brother has asked me to post here:
the image attached is what is being done - it seems a very simple job with no implications on fire regulations etc. (none of the doors are fire doors, all windows remain the same etc.)
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/roughplan.jpg/
There are no structural alterations or interference required with any of the "building" itself - it is all only internal partitions which each of the 3 builders who have quoted indicated could all be reversed if I wanted to sell (admittedly at a higher cost to reverse the work).
None of the query is cost/aesthetics related - it's purely down to legal obligations to disclose. Thanks for all the comments - it's interesting reading.
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