Philip Cobley asks this question, which concerns a detached property having new additions, and whether it can be classed as a 'New Build' or not from an electrical perspective. It has been answered by the NICEIC (Theme – Regulations & Legislation):
Question: A customer of mine had a detached property. He has now built another property attached to the first, which - on the certificate - I can class as a 'New Build'. However, the customer has now included two ground floor rooms from the original property into the 'New Build'.
I have merely picked up the original wiring from these two rooms and extended them to the consumer unit of the 'New Build'.
My question is, on the certificate, do I class the whole of the second building as a 'New Build', or can I class it as a 'New Build' and an addition?
Answer: The second building will be classed as a 'New Build' and a addition to an existing installation.
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