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Charging e-scooters in the house?
12:01 AM, 16th May 2023, 3 years ago
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Hello, I have two tenants, who pay on time and look after the house well and I would like to keep them on as tenants. However, I am a bit worried as one has an e-scooter which he rides to work and charges the scooter in the house.
I am now getting paranoid that there will be a fire when he charges it. I will check out more about the battery and charger but expect to find that they are okay and not modified.
I am also paranoid that when it comes to re-insuring the house I will not get cover for this.
Does anyone have experience of this?
TIA,
Caroline
Editor’s note: Jason McClean from the Home Insurer said: “If the client has insurance covering ‘Fire’ then all should be covered in the event of a fire – depending on the terms of their exact policy (it may exclude fires caused by e-scooters for example). They need to read the terms and conditions of their own policy carefully.”
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6:45 PM, 20th May 2023, About 3 years ago
As they are NOT illegal to own, he is within his rights to have one and want to charge it, just like an e-bike. However, with all charging items – including vacuum cleaners! – there is a risk of fire, so tenants must take full responsibility for the safety of their charging activities. Is such a clause already in the NRLA Standard AST Terms?