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Mould/witholding rent/C19 eviction rights

by Borischelski

I wonder if I could trouble someone for advice, having recently become a Landlord for the first time ?

BACKGROUND
A year ago I inherited a small 1970s one bedroom flat in Birmingham.

The flat was originally heated with a couple of electric bar heaters....
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02-06-2020, 09:37 AM
Reply to Can I Stay in the Property to Make Repairs?

by DPT57

This is the latest SI. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/558/made
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02-06-2020, 09:32 AM
Can I Stay in the Property to Make Repairs?

by DJVera

Hi all - I'm new to this so apologies if this (or similar) has been dealt with somewhere else!
I own a property in the south west but currently live in London. I've been renting the property out privately. My last tenant moved out in January 2020 and I was planning to get quite a bit of (much needed)
...
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01-06-2020, 13:38 PM
Reply to Responsible tenant to do weekly fire safety checks in HMO?

by theartfullodger

Liability will be decide at to fatal accident - or woteva - court case: You'd be best off having well documented testing processes under your control, but of course tenants have a part to play with safety.

Let's not forget HMO licensing was brought in, initially in Scotland, after a particularly...
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02-06-2020, 09:20 AM
Responsible tenant to do weekly fire safety checks in HMO?

by bengal

Is it within regulation to allocate a responsible HMO tenant to do weekly smoke alarm and monthly emergency light testing?
Does anyone have this agreement with their tenants? and is there any liability on them in event of fire - this is something they may be concerned about when signing fire log...
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02-06-2020, 08:38 AM
Reply to Responsible tenant to do weekly fire safety checks in HMO?

by bengal

We do the weekly checks but had an arrangement with a responsible tenant to do them in the past. Wondered whether regulation had changed on this. I was also hoping to find out if an allocated person who does weekly checks and signs the log book other than the landlord has any liability in event of fire...
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02-06-2020, 09:08 AM
Reply to Responsible tenant to do weekly fire safety checks in HMO?

by Berlingogirl

If you're not doing it yourself could your cleaner do it? Landlords are responsible for keeping the communal areas clean so the cleaner could do the fire alarm check too....
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02-06-2020, 08:53 AM
Reply to Electrical Safety Certificate EICR

by jpkeates

In fact, there you go, the government published a new guide, yesterday
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...private-rented...
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02-06-2020, 08:33 AM
Electrical Safety Certificate EICR

by Ozzie11

Hi

I noticed a new law means landlords need to arrange an EICR for new tenancies after July 2020 or before April 2021.

Please can I get some advice on this? I started a tenancy in May 2020 - this is due to expire in November 2020. However it is likely the tenancy will be renewed...
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01-06-2020, 10:42 AM
Reply to Electrical Safety Certificate EICR

by jpkeates

I would advise that you take this up again with your agent.
Most legislation relating to tenancies does exclude follow on tenancies when making requirements for "new tenancies", but this one doesn't.

While that might be an error in the drafting, it does mean that because...
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02-06-2020, 08:08 AM

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