If you’re a landlord in the Nottingham area and you rent properties with gas appliances, it’s your responsibility to ensure you have the appropriate gas safety certificate (CP12).
This shows that you’re looking after your building, and keeping your tenants safe too.
Here’s all you need to know about acquiring this certification from the gas-safe professional plumbers at A and B Plumbing.
We’re here to help.
What is a Gas Safety Certificate (cp12) certificate?
A Gas Safety Certificate or CP12 is the essential document that all landlords have to provide for their tenants.
Gas certificates prove that the landlord has had a professional gas-safe engineer visit and inspect all the gas appliances within the property to make sure they are safe and in good working order.
Rental properties in the Nottingham area can’t be let out without this gas safety check, and its accompanying certificate and gas safety inspection.
A gas safety certificate in Nottingham is crucial to ensure both the safety of the tenants and of the building.
The service must be undertaken annually at every property.
Do I need a Gas Safety Certificate in Nottingham?
If you’re a landlord, or if you rent a property from a landlord in the Nottingham area you must have a copy of the Landlord Gas Safety Certificate (or CP12).
This document ensures compliance with the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.
If you’re taking over a tenancy and you don’t have a copy of this certificate, ask the landlord, or your rental agency.
Contact the Gas Safe Register if your landlord didn’t provide one and you require a copy for your tenancy records.
A Gas Safety Certificate gives tenants peace of mind that the property is safe and their landlord is law-compliant.
It shows the landlord has done their due diligence in looking after their property.
How do I know if my Landlord has a certificate?
You can check the Gas Safe Register to find out if your landlord has a gas safety certificate and to obtain a copy for your records.
When a landlord has a gas safe check carried out, they will receive their gas safety certificate and this should be provided to you by law within twenty-eight days of the check (for existing tenants).
For new tenants, this should be provided at the start of their tenancy and then once a year, within the same twenty-eight day period after completion.
It’s a landlord’s responsibility to ensure their tenant’s safety, so they must make sure all the gas appliances and flues have undergone an annual gas safety check.
It must be completed by a registered gas safe engineer. The certificate provided after this service will detail all the checks that have been carried out.
Any gas appliances that the tenant owns are not the direct responsibility of the landlord, though it is up to them to ensure that connecting flues are safe and in good working order.
How much does a gas safety certificate cost?
The cost of a gas safety certificate in the United Kingdom is between £60 and £90, and it’s best to have the upper figure of £90 budgeted for, to cover every eventuality.
This is the typical cost for a property that has a boiler, gas hob, and one or two fireplaces to check. Any extra gas appliances are charged at £10 each.
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