Professional Consultants Certificates

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Professional Consultants Certificates (PCCs) in their various forms have been part of the sale and purchase of properties in the UK for many years. However, discussions and debates around the recent case of Large v Hart and Hart (2021) has revealed how unsure many practitioners were about what constituted a ‘PCC’ and how it could be properly used in the assessment of the quality of newly built, renovated, converted and repaired residential buildings.

This presentation will place PCCs in context and explore the wider issue of assessing the risk of hidden defects created by work of all types on residential property. The session will include:

• A brief review of the statutory and regulatory framework that aim to control the quality of building work carried out on residential property
• An outline of some of the ‘pros and cons’ of the common approval methods
• An introduction to a ‘decision support protocol’ that may help you make professional judgements

Photographic case studies will illustrate this talk.

Phil Parnham,Chartered Building Surveyor