Kingfisher

In the orignal form I ticked maison individuelle and entierement renovée. As soon as the consuel inspector stepped on to the property he said it was two appartments without seeing the installation, subsequentially this then opened up a whole can of worms as he started treating the tableau divissionnaire as a seperate tableau, so therefore only 2 inter diff instead of 4 (2 on the tableau divissionaire), etc, it plainly is not as the feed comes from the main tableau. On hind sight I see that I should have not put the tableau divissionnaire in the annexe (this caused much pursing of lips) but it does have an arrete de emergence. The inspector apparently phoned the office to discuss this and was told that if the permis was sent back with the form to show it is a maison individual this would be acceptable as long as the tableau divissionnaire was marked clearly. Yet the report that came back is ticked as apartments, having '1 compteur pour 2 logements' along with a had written note saying 'attente d'une attestation supplémentaire (studio)'. There is only one water meter why do I need two electrical meters? I have corrected things that needed correcting but am unsure as to whether to wait for the subsequent visit and argue my case there and then or sould I try and address it beforehand? I really don't want to have to go through another visit. Regarding the second earth pin I have foolishly installed it had too high of a reading, now that you say I should only have one I am slightly concerned seeing as how it is quite impossible now to join both by one common earth (all plumbing is copper so is continually linked) I guess I need to get an earth meter and see what I can do to get the reading lower. Any ideas on how to get over this one? This has been a steep learning curve for me but the next will be a breeze!

Just had a visit by the Consuel. I have a house (barn renovation), the building is one building, there is a small 20m2 room with seperate toilet and kitchenette within the building which the Consuel man tells me is infact an appartment. It is not an appartment only an annexe/room for guests. Yet he is insisting that I need a seperate Consuel for this room. I do not require nor indeed want two electric feeds into the building. What do I do, how do I get my point across? Also, for those of you who are in the know, I have a tableau de repartition principal with an earth pin, but for convience sake have also branched off with a tableaux divisionnaire, I have given this a seperate earth pin but have been told that this is not allowed, only one earth pin is allowed. Is this true? Any feedback would be much appreciated, thanks

I'm currently renovating a barn in dept 11. I'm at the end stages of the wiring getting it all to specs for the consuel inspection, but can any one point me to the last post. Do I have to install the main disjoncteur de branchement and compteur or is that up to EDF? Thanks

I too have been asked for "certificates". Most people seem to be under the impression that they need a CofC issued for works undertaken in a house. I believe it is to do with the regulations that ar in force in the UK regarding electrics that have people recently asking for "certificates" to show to their insurance company. I've asked a client have the insurers demanded this and the simple answer is "no". I'm sorry but work regulations, ethics, systems are not the same all across europe and I wish people would realise the fact. I also believe that all these TV programs  relating to buying abroad have a lot to do the paranoid hysteria.

For the inspection of a property to qualify for a Certificate de Conformite does every room HAVE to have a telephone point? Would underfloor electrical heating pass if it did NOT have a NF stamp?

You're kidding...... what a clutz!! Um, now that I just looked at the envelope properly........ I hang my head in mortification!        

Have just been posted back my DRIRE form that I'd filled in, stamped across the envelope is "refusé pour taxe". The car is a citroen ZX 1995. I downloaded the form, filled it in, posted it off to the nearest office along with the log book and cheque. Am I missing something? Do I need to get the "quittance fiscal" certificate first? If so does it then get sent to DRIRE too? Any ifo would be hughly appreciated, the insurance company are starting to get shirty and want me to produce a carte gris ASAP.