No, it is not possible for you to put your registration on hold.
If you have any unfinalled or unsold plots and still wish to benefit from selling these with our Buildmark warranty, you will need to remain on our register until the respective legal completion date for these and you will need to continue to pay any annual renewal fees due whilst you remain on the register.
If you have no unfinalled or unsold plots, you can cancel your registration and get it reinstated at any time within 12 months of cancelling. If you choose to do this then you will be required to pay the respective annual renewal fee for the year in which you cancelled your registration at the time of us reinstating it. Reinstating your registration may also be subject to an additional administration charge.
If you have registered homes with Builder Support and you have not legally completed the sale of these properties, then you must remain registered in order to offer NHBC Buildmark cover on those homes.
If you do not remain NHBC registered and have outstanding plots, this will mean:
Your building inspector will not be able to issue a Warranty Release Confirmation (WRC)
If we are providing Building Control for you, then we may have to consider defaulting to the Local Authority
Your purchaser's deposit may not be covered by Buildmark
Your purchaser's solicitor will not be able to obtain cover confirmation to enable the release of funds
Our online Buildmark Acceptance process will immediately advise the purchaser's solicitor that you are not currently registered with NHBC - referring them back to yourselves to establish whether arrangements have been made regarding cover.
If all sales on your homes have been legally completed, your policies accepted and you do not intend to register more homes with us in the future please email us arenewal@nhbc.co.uk.
Renewal fees are payable by Direct Debit, card payment or BACS
If you pay your renewal fee by Direct Debit you do not have to do anything else, monies will automatically be taken from the account that you have supplied details for.
Your invoice is not site specific, it relates to the number of houses that you have built in a twelve month period. Please refer to the fees table for further detail.
We will write to you in April each year to advise you of your renewal payment. Your renewal payment is due by 1 May each year.
Update your details
If you pay your annual renewal fee by Direct Debit, complete a new Direct Debit instruction form for your new bank account and send to CreditControl2@nhbc.co.uk
Alternatively, ask your bank to write to us confirming the new details (branch address, sort code, account number, names on the account).
To change your status from registered developer to registered builder, you will need to send the completed form below and fee to buildersupport@nhbc.co.uk