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What a good suggestion! Thanks No mention of compliance to building regs as the leases are from 1956 so will probably have to look at the relevant act. 

I am the landlord, as well as a leaseholder  Thanks Evans, that sounds like it will be a more productive route. Having said that I think it might be time to consult my solicitor in view of what Murdoch said above.

My local authorities'  websites does n't have anything on if you think someone is not complying with building regs. All it has is a facility to report dangerous buildings... looks like it's aimed at derelict commercial premises. Gas Safe asks you for the name of the contractor that did the job...

It's a bit concerning for me that I am living above a maisonette which has been rewired and has had a gas combi boiler fitted the work of which may not have been done by a member of a competent persons scheme or been subject to the LABC officers approval i.e. maybe in contravention of the...

That sounds bad Evans, are you including LABC officers and Gas Safe in that mate?

I did have this in the back of my mind, maybe I should report it to the LABC officer to investigate! Would that be the best way to deal with it?

Yes Dave, I would give them the benefit of the doubt there, it's a distinct possibility. What I was n't happy about was my neighbours indifferent attitude to it and not offering to clean his sparky's mess up. I don't think he would n't have called his sparky back as he is very friendly with him...

Funny you should say that, in the few meaningful conversations I've had with my neighbour, price seems to be the only consideration with every thing to him. He's an indian chap and I used to work with some indians who thought that the more money you make and keep in this life the more you have...

Well.... Badger, I didn't expect anyone coming along implying that I was a whinger, that was uncalled for. It's a shame to spoil your post since your suggestion of "tacking a piece of board over" was helpful and contributed to the discussion, thank you.

Thanks for your input ProDave.  I think they come from the output side of his consumer unit and then go into the chased bit of the wall above and then off to the individual circuits, cooker, ring main lighting etc etc   Below the shelf, if you can call it that, is the recess which forms a...

Thanks for the replies Andy and NozSpark. Nice to know it's compliant. It's a shared cupboard Noz, I've taken you recommendation on board, thanks again.

Hi folks another little issue has cropped up to do with electrics and would like a bit of advice from you good folk here please. I live in a first floor purpose built maisonette if you count the ground floor as just that. There are four maisonettes in the block, two on the first floor and two...

Thanks again John and Blue Duck. Interesting stuff about the already established easement. It's strange that there appears to be different rules for gas and water and sewerage. I know it's different in respect of water and sewerage as I keep getting flyers through the door for insurance in the...

Thanks for the re-assurance John, much appreciated. So no real worries for me as I have my own fuse. If it does blow I presume he will have to get UK PN out to replace it i.e. he can't just get his own sparky to do it. Is that correct? And if so he will then have to make a serious effort to...

It appears that things have been done backside foremost in that the re-wire was completed a few months ago. Does it not follow that if the supply was inadequate for his installation then the fuse would have blown by now or is perhaps a margin of safety factored into the sparkys calculations that...

Thank you for your input misssweden, very interesting. I will be around when they do they job assuming there is no charge as my neighbours wife seemed reluctant to want to pay out for it on the basis that they can't afford it at the moment. I would really like to know what prompted them to...

Blue Duck, they had a major refurb done including central heating new kitchen, bathroom, walls and ceiling re-plastered and full re-wire about three and half months ago. New cables were chased in the walls and central heating pipes buried in the cement floors. The re-wire took place first and...

Thanks for the pics Blue Duck. Can't say any of them look like my arrangement, think I saw the first one in one of the Sherlock Holmes series of programmes on telly. And by the way, I hope you've got your buildings and contents well covered. God forbid but would your neighbours insurance company...

John, first of all thank you so much for your time to give me such a detailed reply. Great explanation for a layman such as myself. So the 7 metres is the length of the run of the CNE from the street main up to and into my neighbours flat. It will be laid in the trench and fed through the 32 mm...

Thanks for all the informative replies folks.   I have obtained a drawing from UK PN. My neighbours door is shown on the left hand side. His meter cupboard is as shown just behind his front door. My meter cupboard is near my front door too.   Could someone interpret the notes on the drawing for...