England Landlord Guidance
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Useful Links
The long awaited decision from the Court of Appeal for Trecarrell House Ltd v Rouncefield (2020) EWCA Civ 760 (18 ...
Please note, this checklist applies to ENGLAND. For Wales, please see here.
The vast majority of problems with ...
From 1 October 2015, big changes were made to section 21 Housing Act 1988 for tenancies in England. (more…)
Prescribed Legal Requirements Before Serving A Section 21 Notice
In this part of our series we look at "prescribed
Under regulation 36 The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998, landlords have certain duties in ...
Landlord’s Housing Management Functions
A very common question that we get is what to do when a tenant refuses to ...
Sometimes when a boiler has been installed in the past, the flue needed to run behind walls or through ceiling ...
Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 / 2451
The regulations require landlords to have a gas safety ...
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Forms
Gas Safety Inspection (Specific Date) Letter
Product Code: :LT024
Under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 it is a legal requirement that
Gas Safety Inspection (Unspecified Date) Letter
Product Code: :LT025
Under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 it is a legal requirement that
Gas Safety Inspection Unable to Gain Entry 1
Product Code: LT026
It is a legal requirement to carry out a gas safety inspection and produce a record ...
Gas Safety Inspection Unable to Gain Entry 2
Product Code: LT027
It is a legal requirement to carry out a gas safety inspection and produce a record ...
Coronavirus Templates
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Questions and Answers (for this topic and country)
The gas engineer issues a single tenant copy of the gas safety record, we give the copy to the tenants as part of the check-in and get one of the tenants to sign for the record. For existing ...
As a agent occasionally we get tenants who we aren't managing come into our office for advice which we would give out freely. But we have just been asked a question that we were not 100% sure ...
Hello - I served a section 21 notice a month ago and all seems in order except the gas certificate isn't up to date since the tenant isn't giving us acess to the property. (more…)
Can you please tell me how many years I must keep gas safety records on my rental property. (more…)
I’ve just fitted a new gas hob (which I supplied) into my rental property with a gas safety valve (FSD), despite one of the tenants trying to fit her friends ‘nearly new one’ - which did not have
My tenant has given notice to move out this Friday 26th. And I’ve had to rearrange a Gas check for this Friday 26th before my new tenants move in (4 Sep) - as the current tenant was out despite ...