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£30k fine for landlords who do not provide a valid EICR for their rental properties

Legh Richardson
Is this actually true or is it some estate agent cashing in on lost income?

The reason why I ask, what appears to be a daft question, is that a friend has just received notification from the estate agent who sold the property 15 years ago that their property, which is now being rented, must be inspected and tested for compliance to 18th ed. Not that I was unaware of this requirement!

I just thought the £30k punishment for disobedience was a little steep. Or maybe  'bribery and corruption' or  'threatening behaviour' was the new Inspection and testing idiom.?

Legh
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    davezawadi (David Stone):

    Z, If you contract to do an EICR, you have no permission to do anything else. 


    That is not necessarily the case David. I normally say to the customer before I start, that I will carry out an electrical inspection and test, it will take approximately x hours, and if I come across any small items that need attention I will attend to them. Consent is then given to me by the customer. I then proceed. Small items may include changing a fuse from a 13 Amp one to a 3 Amp one in a fused connection unit, tightening screws on wiring accessories, supplying and fitting a missing accessory screw, re-fixing an immersion heater flex that has pulled out of its strain relief strap, replacing a cracked/damaged wiring accessory, fitting a blank cover in a consumer unit where there is a hole etc. These are easy to undertake when you have your tools to hand, and it saves the customer money. This is called customer service and is normally much appreciated.


    Z.


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    davezawadi (David Stone):

    Z, If you contract to do an EICR, you have no permission to do anything else. 


    That is not necessarily the case David. I normally say to the customer before I start, that I will carry out an electrical inspection and test, it will take approximately x hours, and if I come across any small items that need attention I will attend to them. Consent is then given to me by the customer. I then proceed. Small items may include changing a fuse from a 13 Amp one to a 3 Amp one in a fused connection unit, tightening screws on wiring accessories, supplying and fitting a missing accessory screw, re-fixing an immersion heater flex that has pulled out of its strain relief strap, replacing a cracked/damaged wiring accessory, fitting a blank cover in a consumer unit where there is a hole etc. These are easy to undertake when you have your tools to hand, and it saves the customer money. This is called customer service and is normally much appreciated.


    Z.


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