EICRs every five years, smoke and CO alarms, and remedial work for landlords and letting agents with property in Radstock and the surrounding villages.
Each property priced individually, fixed in writing.
Private rented homes 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. The report has to be given to existing tenants within 28 days, to new tenants before they move in, and to the local authority within seven days if it asks. Radstock is in Bath and North East Somerset, so that is the council for properties in the town.
If the report records a C1 or C2, the remedial work has to be done within 28 days, or sooner if the report says so, and you need written confirmation that it was done. We provide that confirmation along with the updated paperwork.
Smoke alarms are a separate law. 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 homes in BA3 range from two-bed terraces to ex-council semis and newer estate houses. Typical findings on a first report for a new landlord are an old board with no RCD protection on the sockets, battery-only smoke alarms that are past their date, and a kitchen or bathroom altered at some point with no certificate to show for it.
Our approach is to give you a clear list, separate the items that must be fixed for the report to be satisfactory from the ones that are only recommendations, and price them so you can decide. We do not pad a remedial quote with C3 items.
For houses that change tenants regularly, we can test during the void period so nobody needs to be home, and fit or upgrade alarms on the same visit.
For most Radstock lets the EICR and the alarm work can be done in one visit.
No two rentals are the same, so we don't publish a price list. The price depends on the size of the installation, the number of circuits and the alarms the property needs, and portfolios get batched visits and one invoice. We quote after a survey or phone consultation, with a fixed price in writing.
Tenant access is where most landlord jobs slip. We keep it simple.
We test rental homes in Westfield, Writhlington, Clandown and Haydon, which together with Radstock and Midsomer Norton formed the Norton Radstock district. We also cover Peasedown St John, which grew with large housing developments in the 1960s, 1970s and late 1990s and has a good deal of rented property, plus Camerton and Timsbury.
Landlords with property in Midsomer Norton can see our Midsomer Norton landlord page.
Tell us the address, the number of bedrooms and when the current report expires. We will call back to arrange it.
Send the address and the current expiry date and we will get it booked.
07889 334849