Letting agents letter to block of flats landlords x 24electrics

SPARTYKUS · Jan 23, 2015

Already alot of that though, my best mate showed me one he got done (a way away), all chuffed as it was cheap,£60, it was just the front page of a PIR form, the bloke never set foot in the house.

Alot of people don't even understand the point of it, they just see it as a ball ache piece of paper like the gas check.

Darkwood · Jan 23, 2015

I believe similar steps are or have already been implemented in England, a duty of care has been the running theme regarding electrics as in the landlord must ensure they are safe, the problem is this does not stipulate an inspection has to be done but unless you as a landlord are an actual Electrician the only real way would be an inspection, because its worded as such a high proportion of landlords never bothered with any real inspections and just replaced visually broken equipment - I believe the aim is for a minimum standard for rented properties in that they provide personel protection -ie RCD covered circuits where necessary according to the current regulations so yes if BS3036 boards still exist then an upgrade is now going to be neccessary .... at the end of the day a landlord has a duty of care that the electrics are safe and give a level of protection to ensure injury or death is minimal risk - as it stands now any landlord taken to court over the death of a tenent from poor electrics is likely to face manslaughter charges, if he can present an inspection report and show he acted on the recommendations to give a higher level of safety required then he has bought him/herself a get out of jail card.

I work with many landlords and its now usually the insurance companies that are pushing for correct certification and personel protection of tenants but this is off the back of the either soon to be or already implemented regulations - I need to do some digging to find out whether these changes have actually been implemented yet or are about to be.

Here are the new guidelines that replace the previous - noting adequate RCD protection is clearly worded!

http://www.----------------------------/guides-and-advice/for-landlords/

Now although this is a charitable organisation the gov' is been pressured to accept these guidelines into statute law as its estimated a fifth of tenants have had issues or been hurt by poor electrical installs.

Gavin A · Jan 25, 2015

the requirement for testing every 5 years is only for HMO's (houses of multiple occupation / big student properties, bedsites and the lie).

Robert Turnbull · Jun 2, 2015

Its all covered under the duty of care as a landlord, which states (not word for word) That you are responsible for the safety of the electrics, and a ECIR is recommended every 5 years or change of tenant to prove this. Basically a landlord cant prove anythings safe without one, but sadly this wouldn't get proven till someone is hurt and the landlord is in court.