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Short, practical guidance for homeowners and builders on the paperwork a building project creates, and how to keep it useful for years afterwards.
Certificates and compliance
Installing an en-suite involves ventilation, drainage, and electrical safety. Here are the Building Regulations sign-offs and paperwork you must keep.
15 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Installing electric driveway gates involves specific machinery safety and electrical sign-offs. Here is the paperwork UK homeowners must keep.
14 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Planning a roof terrace or balcony? Learn which planning permissions, structural calculations, waterproofing warranties, and building control records to keep.
13 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Learn which radon test reports, mitigation system specifications, electrical certificates and maintenance records UK homeowners should keep on file.
12 October 2026 · 5 min read
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A practical guide to the Building Regulations paperwork, commissioning sheets, design plans, and maintenance logs you need for domestic MVHR systems.
11 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Discover which certificates, design plans, and maintenance logs you need to keep when installing a domestic fire sprinkler or mist system in the UK.
10 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Removed spray foam insulation from your loft? Here are the essential timber surveys, disposal records, and inspection reports you need to retain for buyers.
9 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Installing a soakaway to manage surface water? Here is the essential paperwork, percolation calculations, and layout records you need to keep.
8 October 2026 · 5 min read
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A practical guide to the essential records, WIAPS certificates, and water undertaker sign-offs you need when replacing a private water supply pipe.
7 October 2026 · 5 min read
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A guide to the essential surveys, management plans, waste transfer notes, and insurance-backed guarantees needed when dealing with Japanese knotweed.
6 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Installing domestic air conditioning in the UK? Learn which planning, electrical, F-Gas, and warranty documents you need to keep on file.
4 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Building or repairing a garden or structural retaining wall? Learn which calculations, boundary notices, drainage plans, and sign-offs you must keep.
3 October 2026 · 5 min read
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A practical guide to the essential OFTEC certificates, Building Regulations sign-offs, and environmental records needed when replacing a domestic oil tank.
2 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Upgrading a conservatory with a solid or tiled roof requires specific Building Regulations sign-offs. Here is the paperwork you need to retain.
1 October 2026 · 5 min read
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Learn what reports, specifications, photographs, and guarantees to keep on file when replacing corroded cavity wall ties in a UK property.
30 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A guide to the licences, planning permissions, contractor accreditations, and highway sign-offs needed when installing a domestic dropped kerb.
29 September 2026 · 5 min read
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Renovating or selling a pre-2000 UK home? Here is the essential paperwork to keep for asbestos surveys, testing lab results, and hazardous waste disposal.
28 September 2026 · 5 min read
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Planning an extension near a public sewer? Here are the vital build-over records, CCTV surveys, and approvals you need to retain for your property.
27 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A guide to the Building Regulations G3 sign-offs, commissioning records, and maintenance logs required when installing an unvented hot water cylinder.
26 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A complete guide to the essential structural reports, monitoring logs, and completion certificates needed after underpinning or domestic subsidence repairs.
25 September 2026 · 5 min read
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Fitting external wall insulation alters your home's thermal fabric and appearance. Here are the Building Regulations, warranties, and records you must keep.
24 September 2026 · 5 min read
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Understand which certificates, warranties, and maintenance records you need to keep after waterproofing or converting a basement in the UK.
23 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A guide to the essential certificates, Benchmark logbooks, and warranty records you need to keep after installing a new domestic boiler in the UK.
22 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A guide to the planning rules, highway licences, and drainage records you must keep when paving a front garden or installing a dropped kerb in the UK.
21 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A guide to the electrical certificates, DNO notifications, and compliance records UK homeowners must keep after installing a home EV charge point.
20 September 2026 · 5 min read
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Learn which Party Wall Act notices, awards, schedules of condition, and correspondence UK homeowners should keep to protect their property and avoid disputes.
19 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A guide to the essential records, maintenance logs, permits, and compliance documents needed for septic tanks and sewage treatment plants in the UK.
18 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A practical guide to the essential layout drawings, pressure tests, electrical sign-offs, and photo records to keep after installing underfloor heating.
17 September 2026 · 4 min read
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A practical guide to the damp surveys, treatment specifications, and insurance-backed guarantees you must keep after damp or timber works.
16 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A practical guide to the Building Regulations, HETAS certificates, commissioning records, and maintenance logs required for a domestic wood-burning stove.
15 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A guide to the planning documents, Building Regulations sign-offs, structural calculations, and certificates you need to keep after a loft conversion.
14 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A guide to the planning rules, Building Regulations, electrical certificates, and build records you should keep after installing a garden room.
13 September 2026 · 5 min read
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Converting a garage into living space requires specific Building Regulations sign-offs and trade records. Here is the paperwork you need to retain.
12 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A clear guide to the certificates, Part P notifications, and circuit records you must keep when rewiring a house or replacing a consumer unit.
11 September 2026 · 5 min read
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Removing a chimney breast involves structural design, Party Wall notices, and Building Control. Here is the paperwork every UK homeowner must retain.
10 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A practical guide to the essential documents, Building Regulations sign-offs, and warranties you must keep when re-roofing a UK home.
9 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A practical guide to the essential paperwork, MCS certificates, DNO approvals, and safety records needed when installing solar panels and batteries.
8 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A clear guide to the certificates, building regulations compliance documents, and warranties to keep when replacing windows or external doors in the UK.
7 September 2026 · 5 min read
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A practical guide to the MCS certificates, DNO notifications, commissioning sheets and warranty records you need when installing a UK heat pump.
6 September 2026 · 5 min read
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Removing a load-bearing wall requires calculations, Building Control sign-off and specific paperwork. Here is what you need to record and keep.
5 September 2026 · 5 min read
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Find out whether warranties and guarantees on roofing, damp proofing, and boilers transfer to a new property owner and what steps are required.
4 September 2026 · 5 min read
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How to build a property record for work completed years ago, including where to find missing certificates and approvals.
31 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Why a dated record of improvements, assets, warranties and servicing makes a home easier to maintain, insure and eventually sell.
30 August 2026 · 5 min read
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Why a written, acknowledged variation register protects builders and homeowners alike, and what each entry should contain.
29 August 2026 · 4 min read
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A simple, repeatable site photography routine that protects both builder and homeowner and creates a lasting record of concealed work.
28 August 2026 · 4 min read
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What a Building Regulations completion certificate covers, who issues it, and why buyers' solicitors ask for it years after the work is finished.
27 August 2026 · 5 min read
Read articleMoving home
How organised improvement records can reduce document chasing during a sale, and what to gather before your property goes on the market.
26 August 2026 · 5 min read
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The documents, photographs and asset details a homeowner needs on day one after a building project, and the items builders most often miss.
25 August 2026 · 5 min read
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A practical checklist of the planning, Building Regulations, structural, certification and warranty records worth keeping after a UK house extension.
24 August 2026 · 6 min read
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