Came home last night to find a business card on the doormat. "Senior building control surveyor" from our local council. Handwritten message on the back: "Called today to inspect DPC. Please call to re-arrange."
The card looks totally legit, but suspicious cat is suspicious:
- Never heard of random DPC inspections (house is not new, no recent building work)
- No previous contact from the council (surely they'd send a letter first?)
So a senior surveyor has called round, totally unannounced to inspect my DPC and has left a handwritten note asking me to re-arrange it? Doesn't ring true.
The more I think about it, the more I wonder if it was meant for the house a couple of doors down having some building work done.
Yes, and an idiot DPC inspector who can't find an address. Gawd help his client.
Never heard of random DPC inspections
Probably because they don't exist...
Likely to be wrong address; call council to check or just deliver card to house along the road.
Perhaps a few implied words - "inspect to DPC level" would make more sense, although that's more a groundworks milestone.
just deliver card to house along the road
I'll go round and talk to them tonight - if my guess is wrong I'm just going to multiply the confusion by putting it through the door!
Thanks.
