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Financial checks of prospective self-builders

Stephen Benge, modified 4 Years ago.

Financial checks of prospective self-builders

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Does any Council undertake financial checks of people applying to go onto their Self-Build Register, in order to ascertain the applicants' ability to raise / guarantee the necessary finances to carry out their proposed self-build project?

How are these checks undertaken, e.g. are they done 'in-house' (how?) or through an external body (if so, who?) ?

How much (officer time / fees) does it cost to do such a check?

Are they a one-off check, or do they need to be repeated periodically?

It may be too early to ask this, but have the checks proved accurate (i.e. have the properties been delivered)?

Any advice would be appreciated; thank you.