Fair cost for landlords gas safety certificate

Please can anyone tell me what would be a fair price for a landlord's gas safety certificate and anything to be aware of when booking this? What sort of certificate do you get and how can I check that what I receive is correct/genuine?

Many thanks in advance.
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  • roger56
    roger56 Posts: 478 Forumite
    On the flat I am renting, I pay £35. That is for one combi boiler and a gas hob.
    It's arranged for me through my letting agent and I don't charge the tenant extra for it. It is part of the rental expenses and the landlords legal responsibility.

    Certificate must be issued by a registered Corgi gas engineer every year.

    This is useful:
    http://england.shelter.org.uk/advice/advice-336.cfm

    I also provide carbon monoxide indicators for the tenant - it's not a legal requirement, but it's added back-up.
  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    prices around here vary from about 50 to 100 quid.
    Get some gorm.
  • jcorbygas
    jcorbygas Posts: 581
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    We do an appliance service at the same time as the Safety Certificate, and if there was just a gas boiler at the property the charge would be £65+ vat. (an extra £20 for a gas hob or cooker)
    There will be a copy for the tenant, and a copy for the letting agent/private landlord. There will be the engineers GasSafe registration number on the Certificate so you would be able to check this if necessary.
    Most letting agents have their own favoured engineers/companies but I would doubt that the £35 price would include servicing so you would have to find someone else to do that or pay extra.
  • yummymummyofthree
    yummymummyofthree Posts: 20
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    edited 16 December 2010 at 6:01PM
    We pay £39 each and we live in an expensive area.



    I suggest thats a good price for our location.



    CLICK: Gas Safety Certificate




    Hope that helps.


    kAREN.
  • We were quoted £67.50 inc. vat by our letting agents, and that was for a boiler and a gas cooker. However, I did find a quote for £50, which is the cheapest I found.
    That's in Lancashire.
  • gas4you
    gas4you Posts: 2,602 Forumite
    I charge £55 for the boiler/first appliance, £30 for a fire, if done at the same visit, £10 for a hob/cooker and £5 for the certificate, all plus vat.
  • latecomer
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    reported post #9 to abuse for advertising.
  • ladela
    ladela Posts: 129 Forumite
    My hubby charges £40 for up to 4 appliances - we are in the North East.
  • Gizmosmum_2
    Gizmosmum_2 Posts: 448 Forumite
    I use British Gas - I pay £15 a month for gas servicing and breakdown and the £24 for a gas safety certificate. Takes all the hassle out of it.
    Target of wind & watertight by Sept 2011 :D
  • roses
    roses Posts: 2,330
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    I paid £80 for a boiler service and the guy gave me a gas safety certificate too - that's in London.
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