renting house to my son

cdman

I rent a house to my son and his family. Do I still have to adhere to Fire Regulations, etc with regard to annual gas checks etc - simply where can i get this advice. I've tried local council and govt web sites but can't find my way and as for telephoning them!!!

MX5huggy

No don't worry let your son burn to death or let the Carbon Monoxide sufficate his kids!

What a crazy question.

zone

They are recommended yes. You should have the annual gas and boiler checks done by a Corgi registered engineer. Regardless of whether they are required or not. Better to be safe than sorry.

nervousmother

you must provide a GSC gas safety certificate by law. they should cost no more than £65 and will need a new one yearly.

tbs624

If you rent a property out to anyone you are legally required to comply with the gas safety regs & other legislation. including tenancy deposit regs for any deposit received by you after 6 Apr 07, and the provision of an EPC if the let began after 1st Oct 08

Now, if your son was to say "I rent from me Dad , do I have to pay him..............";)

tbs624

zone wrote: »

They are recommended yes. You should have the annual gas and boiler checks done by a Corgi registered engineer. Regardless of whether they are required or not. Better to be safe than sorry.

Legal requirement not a mere recommendation - failure to get such checks/certification done is a criminal offence.

See here and here

cdman

Thank you everyone I seem to have given the wrong example. Of course the system is serviced and checked every year at a cost of £70 but I am then charged a further £70 for a landlords safety check certificate.

It was more of a legal question in terms of there being any difference in renting to a family at a much reduced rent rather than commercial renting.

clutton_2

""but I am then charged a further £70 for a landlords safety check certificate.""


welcome to the worlds of LLs

have you told your insurers that you are letting out the property ?

have you protected his deposit

are the electrics safe ?

have you got your Lenders permission to let ?

Is the furniture compliant with fire regs ? if its pre1974 - it isn't

poppysarah

cdman wrote: »

It was more of a legal question in terms of there being any difference in renting to a family at a much reduced rent rather than commercial renting.

Is there any difference in killing a member of your family or just someone you are unrelated to?

Premier_2

cdman wrote: »

Thank you everyone I seem to have given the wrong example. Of course the system is serviced and checked every year at a cost of £70 but I am then charged a further £70 for a landlords safety check certificate. ...

Get yourself a new Corgi engineer.

Most independant ones will issue a CP12 free of charge for the gas boiler if they service it for £70

mlz1413

first things first, do you have a tenancy agreement, if not then many of the regualtions do not apply because you are letting someone live in your house as a squatter and so you and they have entirely different rights to the house then under a tenancy agreement.

If however you have a TA in place then you have to do things by the rules, you could always come to an agreement with your son that as the rent is reduced he pays for annual servicing and certain up-keep.

But I agree with Premier that £140 for a gas service and cert is a bit high.