Renting in Scotland - Gas Safety Checks

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Hi All,

I currently have an unrelated maintenance dispute with my landlord and while researching have discovered that my landlord requires a gas safety check (and certificate) which I should be provided with a copy of within 28 days.

Is this correct? I have lived in the property for 3 years and never seen any sign of this, what would the process be for complaining about this? I have an outstanding complaint with the private rented housing panel, this seems more serious than a simple maintenance issue.

Any advice, and any links to exactly what a landlord needs to do? (I'm now willing to hold the landlord to the letter of the rules).

Thanks,


Michael

theartfullodger

If he hasn't done Gas Safety cert. he probably ain't done other stuff - Landlord Registration etc. etc. telling the tax man (oh, a bargaining counter maybe), electric certificate (mandatory Scotland but not Engerland), smoke alarms (if on more than 2 floors must be mains-powered & interlinked by wire... oooeerrr!!!

Start with the PRHP (see.

http://www.prhpscotland.gov.uk/prhp/1.html
)
which you obviously knew about as the LL MUST write and tell you about it...

also check the property / LL is registered (if not as criminal offence) see..
https://www.landlordregistrationscotland.gov.uk/Pages/Process.aspx?Command=ShowPublicSearchPage&Reset=true&SessionToken=a912293e-8101-4450-861d-9886269f65f2


Cheers!

Lodger (LL in Scotland since 2000)

PS See also (if not been there already)
http://www.betterrentingscotland.com/prh/prh_dt_top_mainpage.jsp;jsessionid=756CAD33710FD68A590A3BB05490A760?pContentID=41&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show&
PPS Silly, stupid, LL!