The LABC is the member organisation representing local authority building control departments in England and Wales. Developers using local authority building control services can be eligible to receive two different warranties for their work through the LABC:
More information on both the LABC warranties is available on the LABC website: www.labc.uk.com.
Councils are not generally able to recommend builders or specific warranty schemes to householders. However, in response to widespread consumer demand, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) and LABC have teamed up to make the Masterbond Warranty scheme available to all builders using local authority building control services, subject to those builders meeting the membership criteria set by MasterBond.
The MasterBond Warranty insures renovation, extensions, and home improvement work, where those works have been carried out by warranted builders and the applicant has arranged the building inspection through the local authority building control offices.
Further information on the MasterBond Warranty is available on the Federation of Master Builders website: www.fmb.org.uk.