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Update. Just in case this is useful for others. I am able to remove the restriction for an extra £582.

After a long delay in getting mine I found the clause that I or one of my immediate family need to reside in the property for one year after the issue of the certificate. That’s my retirement plans out of the window for 2026.

Another thing that would have taken 5 minutes to do properly but added 2 hours to the overall task.

That is if the plasterer hasn’t managed to trap 4 out of 18 cables. 😡

Thanks all for the comments. I think I will be able to get this over the line using Nods recommendation. Alex had a far more pragmatic approach to getting the job done than the SAP assessor I used. Once again Cheers Nod .

Yes perfectly normal. That is a fire sock. The rest of the wall will be different.

I agree. This sort of thing boils my Pee. For some reason I had a little smile at this. I think it’s because I’ve got a funny feeling that they will have to do a re visit that is going to cost them time and money. It’s easier and cheaper to do it right the first time.

The dreaded SAP company asked me for geolocated photos for this as well. Of course I obliged. They need to be insulated as well as any primary pipework outside of the thermal envelope.

I work for a developer who has mastered the art and he uses the same SAP assessor as me. He spends most of his time on site taking photos that are for each plot. It is getting to be a nightmare these days from start to finish. I've had enough of it now and will be retiring next year (if I sell this house)

were you on the new regs ? Did your SAP assessor not ask for Geo located photos ?

The location data on the photos is only visible to me. I can't embed it on the photos that I sent. I saw someone else here had just sent a PDF file with the photos and they got passed ok so that is what I did. The location data on my phone is fairly accurate but not to the extent that it can differentiate between the 2 plots that are built next to each other with a min 3m gap between them. I don't have a couple of photos that they require, one is of cavity wall insulation at the junction with the DPC. Anyone who knows me here knows how anal I am about correctly installed cavity wall insulation with no gaps. Maybe I was concentrating on conveying that message too much rather than taking photos. Some of the photos show the location of other buildings etc. in the background but not all of them. Such a simple but time consuming mistake. I wish that I had been better advised abut the photos at the beginning.

No I got held up with bat surveys so didn’t start until 07/23 I’m on the new regs.

Thanks for this. I’m trying to but he hasn’t responded in a week.

I thought that and then thought that they will still require the photographic evidence in the prescribed format. If it is of any use to others the SAP assessor (now) recommends using an app called My Site Witness https://www.mysitewitness.com/download. Unfortunately this wasn't suggested before we started building.

Hi all, I am in the process of trying to get completion on my house and have hit a brick wall. It's concerning the 100's of photos that I took during the build. I wrongly presumed that the geolocation on an Iphone would be sufficient for the SAP assessor. We built 2 plots next to each other and the location data has been deemed to be insufficient for sign off. The SAP assessor has suggested that I may be able to get an exemption from the LABC inspector in writing which they would accept. I emailed and asked him to call me this time last week and I am still waiting for a call back so made a call to them this afternoon and the lady who answers the phone said that this was probably not going to happen and that there was nothing they would do but she will pass my message on to him. Without the 'as built' sign off from the SAP assessor I can't get completion from Building Control and without that and the EPC I can't get the warranty put in place. Any suggestions.