Safety in your property

These regulations require all gas appliances are tested annually. NOTE: Most standard service contracts privided by Corgi regitered contractors cover the services of the central heating boilers only and do not incude safety testing of serviceing of, for example, gas fires and cookers. In most cases these extra items can be added to the service contrac.

The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994

Any person making electrical equipment available for use must ensure that it is safe and satisfies the safety requirements of the 1994 Regulations. Portable appliances must be checked by an accredited contract using the correct equipment. Appliances must also be provided with user instructions, which must be in English, otherwise they will be considered unsafe.

The Plugs and Sockets (Safety) Regulations 1994

The Regulations state that plugs must be sleeved and sockets comply with the requirements of the Regulations. Likewise where a property is more than ten years old and the electrical wiring has not been checked for ten or more years, we require a test to be undertaken before the property is offered for letting.

Oil, Solid Fuel or Wood-burning Appliances

Landlords are advised to ensure that boilers, fires or other appliances fired by oil, soild fuel of wood are safe. In order to maintain safety, the appliances should be serviced regularly by a Hetas regulated engineer.

The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1998 )as amended in 1989 and 1993)

If you are letting your property on a furnished basis, it must comply with the following requirements:

• All soft furnishing (i.e.: sofas, bed bases, mattresses, etc) must carry the necessary fire labels.

Smoke Detection Act 1991

Under the requirements of the Building Regulations, properties built after June 1992 must have mains interlinked smoke detectors on each floor. There is no specific legislation for smoke detectors/alarms in older properties, although good practice dictates that any property being let should be provided, as a minimum, with battery operated detectors on each floor.

Under the terms of our standard tenancy agreement, Tenants are required to regularly check smoke alarms and, as often as is necessary, to replace batteries.

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