Hi everyone,
Its been a while since I’ve been on here as the brocante we set up in 2020 has unfortunately not survived and I’ve been trying to deal with the liquidation process since early February and all the stress that goes with it.
Also, my Dad died at the beginning of January and I’ve really not had the chance to start grieving. In the middle of this, we all had Covid and OH is still not feeling right weeks later.
Anyway, to the main point - we can no longer afford to live in what we hoped would be our ‘forever’ home when we bought it in 2013 and have worked on it ever since. When we lost the business, we owe money to the bank as I was a personal cautionnaire to the loan.
Due to lack of funds, we have done almost everything ourselves.
Firstly, OH rewired the house and changed the tableau and put in earth, under supervision of a trained electrical consultant (off the books) for the trickier bits. He is still chasing as many wires into the walls as he can as many went into goulottes at the time, thinking we would have plenty of time to sort it out later.
So, we have no invoices or certification for the works… when it comes to getting the diagnostics done, what is the best approach that you can recommend?
Do we admit to having done the works ourself and just risk some elements possibly not being in conformity?
I don’t think we can claim not to have done any works as they are clearly recent and I’m guessing that any potential purchaser could ask to also be provided with the previous report from when we bought it and it hadnt been renovated since the 1950s? (Or not?)
Secondly, in 2018 or 19, we had the wooden windows changed on the ground floor of the main house, which gives onto the interior courtyard for more performant wooden windows. They are not visible from the street and at the time, it didn’t even occur to us that we may need an authorisation as they don’t give onto the exterior of the property. But now I’m having a niggling doubt… can anyone clarify and again advise the best approach on this issue?
Do we go to the Mairie and ask them about it i.e. the possibility for retroactive permission, if it was required, or just say nothing and claim no knowledge of a change of windows?
Many thanks in advance for any advice that you may be able to give.
Friendly comments only please, I’m too delicate mentally for over criticism and non helpful responses, thanks for your understanding
Danielle