EICRs, smoke and CO alarms and remedial work for landlords and agents letting property in Frome, from flats over shops in the old centre to family houses on the newer estates.
Single lets and portfolios, each property quoted at a fixed price in writing.
Private landlords in England need an EICR at least every five years under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector and Social Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020. Tenants get a copy within 28 days of the inspection, new tenants before they move in, and the council within seven days if it asks. For Frome, that is Somerset Council.
Where the report records a C1 or C2, the remedial work must be completed within 28 days, or less if the report says so, with written confirmation. We do the work if you want us to, re-test, and give you the confirmation for your file.
Smoke and CO alarms are covered by separate regulations. Since 1 October 2022 rented homes need at least one smoke alarm on every storey used as living accommodation, and a CO alarm in any room with a fixed combustion appliance, excluding gas cookers.
Rental property in Frome is varied. In the older shopping streets of the centre there are flats over shops, in buildings that are often listed. Their supplies can be shared or split in ways that are not obvious, and the EICR has to cover everything that serves the flat, including any landlord’s supply to stairs and communal areas.
Period houses let as family homes often have older boards and a history of alterations without paperwork. The first report on a newly purchased let is where those surface. We separate the items that must be fixed from those that are only recommended.
Holiday lets in the town and villages are run as businesses. A current EICR and working alarms are expected, and a five-year cycle, the same as long-term lets, is a sensible standard.
Most single lets are done in one visit, with alarms fitted at the same time as the EICR.
Every let is priced individually. The pack covers the EICR, alarms and certification in one visit, and the price depends on the size of the installation, the number of circuits and the alarms the property needs. Portfolios are scheduled and invoiced together. HMOs and large or listed buildings are quoted after a survey, and everything else after a survey or a phone and photo consultation.
Shared buildings need a little more organising.
We test rental and holiday-let property in Norton St Philip, Beckington, Rode, Mells, Nunney, Great Elm, Buckland Dinham and Hinton Charterhouse. Note that Hinton Charterhouse is in Bath and North East Somerset, while the others listed are in the Somerset Council area.
See also landlord compliance in Midsomer Norton.
Tell us the address, the type of property and when the current report expires.
Send us the address and the current report date and we will get it booked.
07889 334849