Tenant refusing gas safety check
12:20 PM, 9th September 2013, 13 years ago
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I have a tenant who keeps making excuses for not keeping an appointment for an enginer to carry out the annual gas safety check.
He is in arrears to me for over £1,500 and I suspect he may have had his gas cut off for non payment of bills.
The previous certificate expired a couple of months ago and I’m wondering if I have any liability given the fact the tenant is responsible preventing the check.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Adrian
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3:10 PM, 13th September 2013, About 13 years ago
Reply to the comment left by “Richard Kent ” at “13/09/2013 – 14:47“:
i completely understand
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3:46 PM, 14th September 2013, About 13 years ago
Reply to the comment left by “Mark Alexander” at “13/09/2013 – 14:23“:
Well said, Mark, totally agree, Mr Kent was more than a little offensive and gives no credentials to back up his “superior” experience.
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9:26 AM, 27th September 2013, About 13 years ago
From Gov.uk:
You must give your landlord access to the property to inspect it or carry out repairs. Your landlord has to give you at least 24 hours’ notice and visit at a reasonable time of day, unless it’s an emergency and they need immediate access.
It doesn’t say what to do if the tenant refuses
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8:47 AM, 30th January 2014, About 13 years ago
Take a look at this 🙂