HELP: Buying home with missing NHBC.

Hi All, I pray someone can help me with this.

I am due to move into my first home this Friday however got a call today saying there is a problem. There is no nhbc registration to be found on the property. It is a flat and other flats in the same building seem to have theirs but mysteriously the one I want is missing. My solicitor has contacted NHBC and Zurich but there is no record of the property being registered with them.

They even contacted the previous owners solicoitor but they can't fin the record of it either. The flat is around 5 years old so someone at some point has had a mortgage with the certificate you would think.

Anyway as a last throw of the dice my solicitor has contacted the builders by fax to see if they can supply anything.

Without this I will not be able to get my mortgage. Does anyone know of any alternatives?

I would even pay for a full structural survey if that would help. As it's a reposession there is no seller to contact.

I was really excited about my move on Friday but now it looks likely to collapse at the last minute.

If anyone can help me I will be eternally grateful.

Kieran