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tenant needs advice about gas certificate
channybetts
Posts: 1 Newbie
dear money savers,
me and my husband live in a private let on the councils deposit protection scheme, however our landlord hasnt renewed the gas safety certificate. it is now 2 months out of date.
the problem is our landlord wanted us out of the flat several months ago and gave us a letter, s21 i think, but the council who we rent through has nothing else for us. they have a huge waiting list apparantly.
when we were meant to move out we had to tell the landlord we had no option but to stay. i think this has upset him as he wanted us to leave the property to sell it. the council told us to tell him we wouldn't be going anywhere.
i am now worried about the gas certificate, if the property isnt safe i am worried for my children in case there is a gas leak. all the applicances and boiler are quite new but i still worry. landlord might be doing this on purpose because we didnt move out?
just want to know where we stand, what will happen next? will we be moved, will our landlord be in trouble? how big a problem is this, am i worrying for no reason?
thanks , chantelle.
me and my husband live in a private let on the councils deposit protection scheme, however our landlord hasnt renewed the gas safety certificate. it is now 2 months out of date.
the problem is our landlord wanted us out of the flat several months ago and gave us a letter, s21 i think, but the council who we rent through has nothing else for us. they have a huge waiting list apparantly.
when we were meant to move out we had to tell the landlord we had no option but to stay. i think this has upset him as he wanted us to leave the property to sell it. the council told us to tell him we wouldn't be going anywhere.
i am now worried about the gas certificate, if the property isnt safe i am worried for my children in case there is a gas leak. all the applicances and boiler are quite new but i still worry. landlord might be doing this on purpose because we didnt move out?
just want to know where we stand, what will happen next? will we be moved, will our landlord be in trouble? how big a problem is this, am i worrying for no reason?
thanks , chantelle.
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Welxome!
You are still tenants until you are evicted, the landlord still has obligations. Have you written to him asking for a copy of the most recent certificate? Declutterbug-in-progress.⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️0 -
As above and if you're worried, buy a carbon monoxide alarm, if you don't have one already.What matters most is how well you walk through the fire0
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You might be able to get one for free from a campaign group (in the same way you can sometimes get smoke alarms from the local fire service)What if there was no such thing as a rhetorical question?0
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It is a criminal offence by the LL not to issue a Gas Safety Certificate.
The enforcement authority is the Health and Safety Executive.
You can report the missing certificate here ...
https://extranet.hse.gov.uk/lfserver/external/lgsr10 -
The GSC and the tenancy notice are unrelated.
Have you written to the LL about the GSC?
http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/faqtenant.htm
Meanwhile buy a CO detector: £15 here.0
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