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Hi, I'm new here, and would be most grateful for any advice! My husband and I completed a Barn Conversion just over one year ago. We invited to the Building Inspector to conduct a pre-completion inspection. He attended and gave us a couple of very small points to rectify, which we were expecting. Once that was done, we emailed all documents he had requested, then invited him for the final inspection. He attended for the final inspection in mid June 2023. He verbally gave us 2 minor points to rectifiy, which we did the same evening, emailing photos and documentation. We next heard from him one week later, requesting the structural calculations document. We scanned and emailed the large file that same day. We next heard from him over 2 months later, requesting yet more documentation. This delay of 2 months was outside of the statutory 8 weeks that building control should have responded by. We complied with the requests immediately, apart from being delayed in getting a replacement gas applicance installation certificate (our installer had made an error on the form) due to our original installer being uncontactable, and there being a severe shortage of qualified installers in our area. We were finally able to submit this at the beginning of January 2024. We next heard from him a week later, requesting a septic inspection certificate. We were surprised by this because at the very beginning, he had advised us that the existing septic would be adequate, as long as the soakaway was extended. We had extended the soakaway at the early stages of the build, and supplied photos. Unwilling to undergo additional costs and delays waiting for an inspection, then having even more expense/time if the inspection recommended a new installation, we bit the bullet and did a new installation (which the BI verbally agreed to). Our builder invited the BI out to inspect the completed installation on 5 March. The BI said he didn't need to inspect, he would be happy with photos, which we had already emailed. We heard nothing back between then and this morning (despite having gently chased up by phone). The BI attended today, and said it needed an inspection chamber. My husband tried to pin him down that this was the last outstanding job that was needed, before the completion certificate could be issued. My husband and the builder have already added an inspection chamber and sent photos. My worry is that the BI will keep delaying and keep finding new things to request, or reverse previous things he has told us. We have willingly complied with all of the additional documentation, points to change etc., and even gritted our teeth to install a new septic tank, when this went directly against his previous verbal instruction. I understand that a completion certificate can't be issued until the BI is satisfied with works - and that finding things to rectify means that the certificate will be delayed beyond the statutory 8 weeks. But if we had been given one exhaustive list at the beginning, we could have done all of the rectifications concurrently, especially during the delay to getting a new gas fitter - we could have been installing the septic tank at the same time. Are they allowed to keep adding piecemeal rectifications, with no deadlines for how quickly they have to respond? I would understand if the process had been going well and the BI had found one or two things that he'd missed and alerted us to them - but this seems excessive. I haven't complained as the last thing I want to do is antagonise the BI. I don't even mind the BI being a stickler on what have been some very tiny points. But I do believe we have a right to be informed of the points on which the build has failed in one exhaustive list, in a timely manner. Your advice on what to do next would be very much appreciated! Stressed self-builder