COC certificate in Randburg
Randburg houses that come up for sale often fail a Certificate of Compliance at the garage board before anyone looks at the light switches. Rewirable fuses, a missing earth leakage, and a cottage cable added with a junction in the ceiling are the pattern, especially in Blairgowrie and Bordeaux stock from the 1970s and 1980s. The electrician should open that board, test, and then tell you what must change before they can sign.
The transfer date is your problem to state. We will not promise the certificate before a given Friday, because the repairs are unknown until the visit. If you want a second opinion after a fail, send a new request and say you already have a defect list. Do not ask us to overturn another person's inspection.
Cottages and flatlets
Write whether a flatlet is on the same board. In Randburg a 'granny flat' supply is a frequent reason the main house passes a casual look and still fails the test once the outbuilding sockets are opened. The certificate is for the permanent installation on the stand, not only the rooms the photographer shot.
Questions and answers
Will an old fuse board automatically fail?
Not by age alone. The registered person checks the installation against the standard they work to. A fuse board with no earth leakage is a likely fail. They confirm it on site, not from this paragraph.
Do I have to use the electrician who failed it for the repairs?
No. You can hire someone else for the repairs and ask a registered person to inspect again. Keep the defect notes so the second visit is not blind.
Is Cresta a different COC area?
Use the Randburg request and type the street area. We did not write a separate Cresta certificate page.