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WAR IN UKRAINE NEW CONSUMER UNIT REQUIRED

John Peckham

A friend of the family and their next door neighbor are hosting Ukrainian families under the government scheme.

One of the government conditions is to have a satisfactory EICR along with other conditions like window stays for upstairs windows as the families have children. Both houses have failed an I&T as they need 2 new consumers units., I of course am suspicious. They are being fitted today.

For my part If any one is going to house Ukrainians under the government scheme, in Essex, I would do a free EICR as my small contribution. Perhaps others might want to join me in offering this service for free?

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    it seems odd to me that a BS7671 EICR is a condition of personally inviting guests to reside in a private dwelling

    I don't disagree. I suspect however the details have been left down to local councils - who rather than invent something new in a very short timescale have simply adopted something they already have - probably the requirements for private rented accommodation, which as we all know has a BS 7671:2018 stipulation. In some situations the refugees will be housed seperately from the host family - in an annexe or holiday flat or even seperate premises they happen to own - so the difference between that and private rented might not be that great (other than the hosts effectively donating the value of the rent).

       - Andy.

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    So we have these desperate people fleeing a war zone where they have a very high probability of death and the bureaucrats are insisting that host families, who are living in their own homes with a very low probability of anything, let alone death, have to upgrade their electrical systems in order to house them. I really hope you have been misinformed John. I've long thought that the regulations are over zealous, you simply can't eliminate risk entirely, but this would really take the biscuit.

    Thank God I'm out of this madness.

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    So we have these desperate people fleeing a war zone where they have a very high probability of death and the bureaucrats are insisting that host families, who are living in their own homes with a very low probability of anything, let alone death, have to upgrade their electrical systems in order to house them. I really hope you have been misinformed John. I've long thought that the regulations are over zealous, you simply can't eliminate risk entirely, but this would really take the biscuit.

    Thank God I'm out of this madness.

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  • 0 in reply to Grumpy

    Agree 100% Grumpy. They come from the fatal rains of shot and shell, only to be greeted by a blinkin' clipboard warrior from the council. Beware the man who says "I'm from the Govt and I'm here to help........"

    'Presses irony button to ON' - Still, I suppose a night on a London street is safer than the shelter of a secure domestic house with a dodgy socket outlet.

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