EICR Valid?

Hello,


I am not sure what exactly the British Gas Care Package thing includes precisely as I am not a landlord. However, the engineer did definitely say that EICR is a service the company offers.


As I have said in another response, I would rather the landlord use British Gas as they are a trustworthy company. And I have had numerous problems with my landlords - as I stated I reported my problem with the electrics weeks before they finally gave me a number to British Gas to get it investigated in the first place. They also heavily tried to suggest I was making up the issues with the electrics as well. I fear that there is something dodgy going on myself, I used the Competent Electric Checker (an officially government website) and the electrician they used for the EICR, which is the same one they’ve decided to involved for the electrics now, was listed as not being qualified to do inspections. When I enquired about this, they became cagey and said I was being “inappropriate” for asking to check if he is qualified.


They have also been reluctant to do many other major repairs such as a broken fire door, a faulty electric hob (which has been well over a month now), thread bare carpets (which weren’t shown to me prior to moving in), broken and mouldy cupboards, mouldy washer machines, mould in the bedroom, blocked drains, disconnected floor boards. All these problems existed prior to me moving in and I have only lived there since July as well. And most of these problems they have flat out told me they won’t fixed despite being responsible for them.

Hello,


I am not sure what exactly the British Gas Care Package thing includes precisely as I am not a landlord. However, the engineer did definitely say that EICR is a service the company offers.


As I have said in another response, I would rather the landlord use British Gas as they are a trustworthy company. And I have had numerous problems with my landlords - as I stated I reported my problem with the electrics weeks before they finally gave me a number to British Gas to get it investigated in the first place. They also heavily tried to suggest I was making up the issues with the electrics as well. I fear that there is something dodgy going on myself, I used the Competent Electric Checker (an officially government website) and the electrician they used for the EICR, which is the same one they’ve decided to involved for the electrics now, was listed as not being qualified to do inspections. When I enquired about this, they became cagey and said I was being “inappropriate” for asking to check if he is qualified.


They have also been reluctant to do many other major repairs such as a broken fire door, a faulty electric hob (which has been well over a month now), thread bare carpets (which weren’t shown to me prior to moving in), broken and mouldy cupboards, mouldy washer machines, mould in the bedroom, blocked drains, disconnected floor boards. All these problems existed prior to me moving in and I have only lived there since July as well. And most of these problems they have flat out told me they won’t fixed despite being responsible for them.