Safety information
- Gas Safety checks - Organise an annual gas safety check to be carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer and provide your tenant with a copy of the inspection report as evidence this has been done
- Gas Safety responsibilities - As a landlord, you are legally responsible for the safety of your tenants in relation to gas safety. Ensure you follow this guidance from the Health & Safety Executive
- The Gas Safe register - Find a Gas Safe registered business in your area
- Electrical checks - Provide a copy of an Electrical Installation condition Report (EICR)
- Energy Performance Certificate - Organise this to be ready or prepared by an accredited assessor and available before your property is marketed. This must be provided to your tenant at sign up also
- Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors - Guidance to ensure the new legislation is complied with when letting a property
- Fire Safety - Comply with the current legislation which is one smoke detector on each floor of the property, and a Carbon Monoxide Alarm in rooms with a solid fuel appliance
- Legionnaires disease - If you are an employer, or someone in control of premises, including landlords, you must understand the health risks associated with legionella
- Ensure your property complies with the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) – This is a method of assessing housing conditions. It employs a risk assessment approach to enable risks from hazards to health and safety in dwellings to be minimised