Should a tenant be expected to take a day off work for Gas safety check?

Air-Wolf_2

Does your tenancy agreement provide for access arrangements? Depending on the number of properties your landlord has it may not be practical for him/ her to be present, also depending on the type of tenancy agreement you have your LL may not even have keys for access, so no, force shouldn't be used, but a formal agreement should be in place to allow for it.

In any event it is a legal requirement.

sooz

franklee wrote: »

4) You the landlord and the engineer have a conversation to reschedule the appointment at a time to suit. What about first or last thing so the working day isn't impacted that much, or weekends?

First appointment in the morning is possible, usually. Last one of the day is hard to schedule generally, & weekends :rotfl:do tell me the name of your gas engineer that wants to do routine work on weekends? Emergency call outs at double rate, yes, £60 for a gas safety, not worth getting out of bed for that.

franklee

sooz wrote: »

First appointment in the morning is possible, usually. Last one of the day is hard to schedule generally, & weekends :rotfl:do tell me the name of your gas engineer that wants to do routine work on weekends? Emergency call outs at double rate, yes, £60 for a gas safety, not worth getting out of bed for that.

Of course it costs more at the weekend, it depends on how the tenant values their time. Say the engineer charges double for Saturday, I'd happily chip in the second £60 or so if it saved a whole day of my working time (odd you find that funny, perhaps your time isn't that valuable). As is is I usually ask for the first weekday appointment and it's usually a start at 8am.

jocushing

No I have to do 10 characters

jjlandlord

nancypearl wrote: »

I can ask him questions about the state of the boiler/fire etc., I don't want to die of carbon monoxide poisoning,

If the engineer delivers the certificate obviously the installation is safe enough...

nancypearl wrote: »

It shows goodwill to the landlord that I am willing to take a day off a year. I may need a favour from the landlord a later date.

Imo, it shows your LL that he needs not bother attending as you'll happily take on your own time to help him do his job...

nancypearl wrote: »

Do homeowners have a gas safety check each year, and if not, why not?

I think most do not because it is not a legal obligation.

zappahey

I suspect the issue in these situations is more that the agents think that they call the shots on scheduling visits.

For example, I received a letter on Thursday instructing me that the agent was coming on Monday for a "maintenance check " between 9 and 5 and that, if we weren't present, they would let themselves in.
I just wrote back that I was looking forward to hearing their plan on how they intend to resolve the outstanding maintenance issues, that I would be available between 0900 and 1100 and that they may not enter the house in our absence.

No response so far, so I'm expecting an argument tomorrow.

KateLiana27

zappahey wrote: »

I suspect the issue in these situations is more that the agents think that they call the shots on scheduling visits.

For example, I received a letter on Thursday instructing me that the agent was coming on Monday for a "maintenance check " between 9 and 5 and that, if we weren't present, they would let themselves in.
I just wrote back that I was looking forward to hearing their plan on how they intend to resolve the outstanding maintenance issues, that I would be available between 0900 and 1100 and that they may not enter the house in our absence.

No response so far, so I'm expecting an argument tomorrow.

Why don't you allow them to let themselves in? Genuine question. It would save you having to take time off work, and mean that the issues (which presumably have, or will, impact on you) get sorted out. I've always let my landlord do this and never had a problem.

If your landlord is a convicted criminal, that might be a different story.

zappahey

KateLiana27 wrote: »

Why don't you allow them to let themselves in? Genuine question. It would save you having to take time off work, and mean that the issues (which presumably have, or will, impact on you) get sorted out. I've always let my landlord do this and never had a problem.

If your landlord is a convicted criminal, that might be a different story.

You seem to have missed the point by a country mile. My gripe was about the presumption that the agent can dictate when they can visit and enter my home, whether I am present or not.

You may have different standards but I don't find that to be acceptable.

To address your last point, which isn't my worry, how do you know whether or not the landlord is a convicted criminal?

Edited to add: The visit is the first "routine inspection" and I'm willing to bet that there is no plan for the maintenance issues that are outstanding, which is another reason that I want to be there. To ensure that everything is recorded.