CP12 gas safety certificate
7:58 AM, 7th May 2014, 12 years ago
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Should I report another landlord who refuses to get a CP12 certificate and if so, to whom?
Many thanks
George
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8:12 AM, 7th May 2014, About 12 years ago
The HSE (Health & Safety Executive) is the usual enforcing authority. More information is available on http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/index.htm
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8:22 AM, 7th May 2014, About 12 years ago
None of your business !!!!!!!!! Don’t you have enough of your paper work to chase ????.
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8:49 AM, 7th May 2014, About 12 years ago
Moral dilemma here! If his property was in close proximity to mine then I would definitely report him on the basis that his negligence is putting my property and tenants at risk.
How do you know though?
If he’s refusing to get a CP12 what other rules is he breaking one might wonder?
It is landlords like this who earn good ones a bad reputation.
On that basis, and having now thought this through as I type, yes I would report him. As Joe says, HSE is the logical starting place.
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8:56 AM, 7th May 2014, About 12 years ago
Agree with Mark. What if a tragedy happened because of the landlord’s inaction.
Report him George, you could be saving someone’s life.
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9:35 AM, 7th May 2014, About 12 years ago
Report him/her. I bought a tenanted property that had neither a gas certificate or electrical safety check and their were issues that had to be immediately rectified. The first concern is the safety of the tenants but what about the potential risk to your property/business, as well as the reputation of landlords generally.
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12:21 PM, 7th May 2014, About 12 years ago
Reply to the comment left by “shakeel ahmad” at “07/05/2014 – 08:22“:
So you are happy to tolerate potentially dangerous gas installations, which could pose a risk to life and property. If this property was next door to you, you would be quite happy? I think not. Even worse if this was a flat and you lived above it.
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12:59 PM, 7th May 2014, About 12 years ago
Reply to the comment left by “George Sandy” at “07/05/2014 – 12:21“:
Just to keep things in perspective:
Only tenanted properties must have a valid gas safety certificate, and as such I’m reasonably sure that the majority of residential properties do not have one.
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1:12 PM, 7th May 2014, About 12 years ago
Reply to the comment left by “Romain ” at “07/05/2014 – 12:59“:
Fair comment. However house owners are more aware of the state of their property and likely to take better care of it. Tenants have the right to expect the property they are renting to comply with all legal requirements Aside from this it is a legal requirement-one must wonder why?
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1:23 PM, 7th May 2014, About 12 years ago
Reply to the comment left by “Romain ” at “07/05/2014 – 12:59“:
The fact that only landlords are legally obliged to have Gas Safety Certificates is very wrong in my opinion, not because it’s another example of landlords being persecuted by authorities but for the health and safety reasons described in this thread.
If it’s right for owners of tenanted properties to be required to have an annual a Gas Safety Certificate then how can it possibly be wrong that it should also be law that owner occupied properties have them too?
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8:42 PM, 7th May 2014, About 12 years ago
My problem would be that even though I dont like getting others into bother that once I knew about it I would have to report it incase anything happened to the tenants and neighbours. I couldnt live with that .