Landlord Responsibilities
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All rental properties in England and Scotland are legally required to have an EICR. Across the UK, it the landlord’s legal duty to ensure all electrical equipment in your property is safe and maintained throughout the whole tenancy. This responsibility covers light fixtures and plugs, as well as internal wiring.
Read our FAQs for helpful advice.
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- Electrical Installation Condition Reports
- PAT testing
- Complete re-wire
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- Fire Alarm testing
- Emergency light testing
- Addition to lighting and power
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- LED upgrades
- Fixed wire testing
- Appliance electrical testing
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An electrical installation includes all fixed electrical equipment that is supplied through your property’s electricity meter. Just like other features of your property, electrical installations deteriorate and face wear and tear, so need to be properly maintained.
Failure to do so can lead to prosecution and also invalidates most landlord insurance policies. For the safety of your tenants and your business, it is important to get regular electrical safety certification.
Our landlord services are designed to ensure you meet your legal obligations quickly, cheaply and with as little fuss as possible.
Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR)
Getting a periodic inspection of your electrical installations via an Electric Installation Condition Report is a legal requirement in England and Scotland.
Your EICR will be carried out by a registered electrician. The inspection will check the condition of your property’s wiring, look for wear & tear and see if your property’s electrical installations pose any shock or fire hazards. You will then receive a certificate (EICR) from the electrician.
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PAT Testing
Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) is the checking of the safety of portable (as opposed to fixed) electrical appliances in your property.
Confusingly, portable appliances include stationary equipment like fridges and washing machines, as well as things like TVs, kettles and space heaters.
Getting these appliances tested with a PAT is a great way to ensure and prove their safety, allowing you to efficiently fulfil your duties as a landlord.
Fire &
Smoke Systems
Do landlords have to provide smoke alarms?
It is a requirement of the law for landlords to install and test working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in their properties.
This came into effect in October 2015 and is there to ensure the safety of tenants. It is therefore extremely important that landlords are aware of the requirements and responsibilities and the landlord must check these at the start of every new tenancy to ensure that they work.
The tenant is responsible to change the batteries there after and ensure they remain working throughout the tenancy with no hindering or tampering to the units.
Frequently asked questions
Here are a few questions you should be asking companies like ours, before obtaining a quote for works to be carried out. This allows you to make the best, educated decision on who will carry out your work with safety as paramount, within budget and to the agreed timescale.
How Often do I need to carry out an EICR?
If your Electrical installation is in good repair, your EICR will last for 5 yrs. All tenancies regardless of their start date, will have to have an EICR in place from 1st April 2021.
What are the requirements in Wales & Northern Ireland?
As a landlord, it is your legal duty to ensure all electrical equipment in your property is safe and maintained throughout the whole tenancy. This responsibility covers light fixtures and plugs, as well as internal wiring.
Whilst an EICR is legally required in England and Scotland – it is still the recommended method to ensure your electrical equipment and wiring is safe. Failure to ensure safe electrics can and will result in prosecution for landlords without evidence of checks taking place.
What are the requirements in Houses of Multiple Occupancy HMOs?
If you are the landlord of an HMO, then you must carry out an Electrical Installation Condition Report every five years in the UK. This will reveal any defective electrical work, identify fire hazards and check if any circuits are overloaded and dangerous.
What are the consequences of not having electrical certificates?
Failure to provide safely installed and maintained electrical appliances can lead to prosecution, property insurance may be invalidated, evictions won’t be possible, fines may be applied, and in serious cases imprisonment and manslaughter charges may result in the event of deaths caused by faulty systems. Management companies won’t advertise your properties for tenant find or other estate agent services without proper up to date ECIR’s.
It is essential all landlords get proper certification for their properties.
How often do I need to inspect my Portable Electrical Appliances
As a landlord, your duty is to ensure the safety of the electrical appliances in your property. Having a PAT test carried out is a great way to meet your legal obligations and keep your tenants safe.
From a practical point of view, different appliances need testing in accordance with their risk of breaking. High-use, highly portable appliances like toasters are far more likely to be damaged in everyday use than a stationary washing machine, meaning a landlord might responsibly have the former tested every two years, but the latter every four years.
Do you need PAT Testing in HMO's?
As a minimum, you will need to have the fixed wiring tested at least every five years. You should also check whether different licensing requirements apply for landlords of HMOs in your area.
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