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Habitation Certificate

Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2022 12:15am
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Hill22

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In La Marina Urb, how long are people generally waiting for a habitation certificate to be issued by the town hall when waiting to purchase a property?

Jay1947

Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:37pm

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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:37pm

After we bought and applied for Cert of Habitation we had to wait a long time as we did not receive a letter asking us to pay a small fee for the council inspector to visit. once that was done it was very quick. 

From your post I assume you are requesting the vendor supplies the certificate. It is up to them to chase I am afraid but perhaps your solicitor could gee them up a bit. 

If the vendor has adapted/ extended the house in some way there could be fees to pay to regularise the work. Again your solicitor is the best person to advise you.


Anne1939

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:02am

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:02am

Jay1947 wrote on Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:37pm:

After we bought and applied for Cert of Habitation we had to wait a long time as we did not receive a letter asking us to pay a small fee for the council inspector to visit. once that was done it was very quick. 

From your post I assume you are requesting the vendor supplies the certificate. It is up to them to chase I am afraid but perhaps your solicitor could gee them up a bit. ...

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If the vendor has adapted/ extended the house in some way there could be fees to pay to regularise the work. Again your solicitor is the best person to advise you.


Hi Jay1947 

Please can I ask did you apply for the Cert of Habitation yourself, if so was it easy to do?

Regards

Anne 

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Hill22

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 8:38am

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 8:38am

Jay1947

Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:09pm

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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:09pm

Anne1939 wrote on Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:02am:

Hi Jay1947 

Please can I ask did you apply for the Cert of Habitation yourself, if so was it easy to do?

Regards

Anne 

No, our estate agent started the process when we bought but then went out of business. We went to townhall to check state of play later.

I do remember that as we did not have any previous cert of habitation cert we had to pay for an architect report. Cost a about €300 if I remember correctly. Will be more now I expect. 

Anne1939

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 8:20am

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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 8:20am

Jay1947

Thanks for your reply.

Regards

Anne

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