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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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    BOD, I think that's unfair. What's the alternative - C1 if the busbar is exposed, C2 otherwise? Then you come back and claim your minimum 1 hour fee or whatever to fix it.


    Hmm. Issue an unsatisfactory to record danger present and then correct and issue a satisfactory. 


    Regards


    BOD




    If I arrive on the job and the customer is present I ask them where the consumer unit or fuse board is is, then when they show me where it is I lift the cover, If there is one, and if there’s a missing blank I simply say “Bloody hell, that’s dangerous there’s a blank missing and someone could touch the live busbar, it’s failed the EICR”. That usually sets the pace.


    Just tell them like it is, if they try to tell you it’s not that bad just pass comment it would be great fun trying to open the consumer unit in the dark after the lights have tripped using the torch on a mobile phone with that little death trap waiting to catch someone out.


    Spare blanks are in the testing bag with labels.


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    perspicacious:
    BOD, I think that's unfair. What's the alternative - C1 if the busbar is exposed, C2 otherwise? Then you come back and claim your minimum 1 hour fee or whatever to fix it.


    Hmm. Issue an unsatisfactory to record danger present and then correct and issue a satisfactory. 


    Regards


    BOD




    If I arrive on the job and the customer is present I ask them where the consumer unit or fuse board is is, then when they show me where it is I lift the cover, If there is one, and if there’s a missing blank I simply say “Bloody hell, that’s dangerous there’s a blank missing and someone could touch the live busbar, it’s failed the EICR”. That usually sets the pace.


    Just tell them like it is, if they try to tell you it’s not that bad just pass comment it would be great fun trying to open the consumer unit in the dark after the lights have tripped using the torch on a mobile phone with that little death trap waiting to catch someone out.


    Spare blanks are in the testing bag with labels.


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