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 One of the most important legal requirements landlords have is to carry out an annual gas safety check.  Every landlord has to have all gas appliances checked every 12 months by a Gas Safe registered engineer.  The Gas Safe register replaced the CORGI gas register in April 2009. Arranging for an engineer to check a property takes time and costs money, especially if a landlord has several rental properties.  It is, however, important for every landlord to understand and comply with the law relating to gas safety.  The landlord has a legal duty to ensure that all gas appliances, fittings and flues provided in any houses for rent or flats for rent are safe.  storage buildings 5-8 6 times

Prices for Gas Safety Checks are Dropping

Historically, gas safety checks used to be relatively expensive with prices around £70-£100 per certificate for each flat to rent or house to rent.  Many landlords have therefore decided to avoid having any gas appliances in their properties and installed electric appliances for cooking and heating.  However, the current weak economic climate has also affected the price engineers can charge for gas safety checks.  Recently, prices for gas safety checks for properties in London have fallen as low as £35.  Searching on Google for cheap gas safety checks shows numerous plumbers offering checks for far less than a year ago.  Before allowing anyone to carry out work on gas in your flats to rent and houses for rent, ask to see the Gas Safe Registered Installer identification card.  You can also find a gas safe registered business on the Gas Safe website.

Combining Checks for all Your Houses for rent and Flats to rent

Meeting engineers to carry out gas safety checks on each rental property can be time consuming, especially if the properties are located a significant distance away from your home.  In this case, it might be worth considering carrying out all gas safety checks for all your flats to rent and houses for rent on the same day.  Engineers will generally be happy for you to travel with them from one rental property to the next while they carry out the checks.  Even if the gas safety certificate for one of your rentals is still valid for another few months, it might be worth obtaining a new certificate now.  It will bring all dates in line and in 12 months time, all flats to rent and houses for rent will need a new gas safety check and this again can be carried out on the same day. Also, if more than one certificate is requiredArticle Submission, you might be able to negotiate a further discount with the engineer.