Gas Safety
The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 state landlords must ensure that gas appliances, fittings and flues are safe for the tenant’s use and that installation, maintenance and annual safety checks are carried out by a technician registered with the Gas Safety Register (which superseded CORGI on 1st April 2009). The landlord must keep a record of the safety check for two years. They must issue a copy to each existing tenant within 28 days of the check being completed and issue a copy to any new tenants before they move in. If your property requires a gas safety certificate and you do not have one, Your Home Let can arrange for a fully qualifies Gas Safe engineer to carry out an inspection. Please ask for further details.
Electrical Safety
From 2020 Landlords are legally obligated to have an electrical installation condition report (EICR) carried out at the property. It is important to note that Your Home Let cannot allow a tenancy to start without a valid Electrical Installation Condition Report. If your property does not have an EICR, Your Home Let can arrange one for you. Please ask for further details.
All electrical certification should be carried out by a competent electrician who is registered with the Electrical Safety Register. You will need a Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR)
Fire Safety
The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 (as amended in 1989 and 1993) sets minimum fire resistance standards for domestic upholstered furniture, furnishings and other products containing upholstery that remain in a dwelling during the course of a tenancy.
These include any of the following which contain upholstery:
- Furniture intended for private use in a dwelling, including children’s furniture
- Beds, head-boards of beds, mattresses (of any size)
- Sofa-beds, futons and other convertibles
- Nursery furniture, garden furniture suitable for use in a dwelling
- Scatter cushions, pillows, seat pads and loose and stretch covers for furniture
The Regulations do not apply to:
- furniture made before 1950
- sleeping bags
- bed-clothes (including duvets)
- loose covers for mattresses
- pillowcases
- curtains
- carpets
For items that do apply, a suitable label must be attached to the furniture in a prominent position so that the label will be clearly visible to a potential purchaser of the furniture and the wording on both sides can be read with reasonable ease. Any item that does not conform will be noted by the Inventory provider and will need to be removed. Please ask for further details.
Smoke Alarms & Carbon Monoxide Detectors
After 1st October 2015 the landlord must ensure that a smoke alarm is equipped on each storey of the premises on which there is a room used wholly or partly as living accommodation.
Additionally, landlords must ensure that there is a carbon monoxide alarm fitted in any room that is used partly or wholly as living accommodation which also contains any appliance which burns, or is capable of burning, solid fuel. This would include log and coal burning stoves and open fires. If your property does not have the required alarms, Your Home Let can arrange for these to be supplied and fitted. Please ask for further details.
