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Gas leak in new property

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  • jalexa wrote: »
    I don't disbelieve what you say but it is inexplicable that a GasSafe registered fitter could fail to repair the fault you describe.

    This is what the emergency engineer said, that it looks like it hasn't been repaired properly and that the original engineer should really have provided a gas safety certificate.
  • Cardew
    Cardew Posts: 29,051 Forumite
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    If the property was rented, prior to your purchase, the landlord would need to provide a gas safety certificate annually.

    IMO Your only chance of redress would be if the previous owner deliberately withheld knowledge of the gas leak.
  • Cardew wrote: »
    If the property was rented, prior to your purchase, the landlord would need to provide a gas safety certificate annually.

    IMO Your only chance of redress would be if the previous owner deliberately withheld knowledge of the gas leak.

    The EA were the lettings agency for the property, they only provided me with a gas safety certificate for last year and said that as the boiler needed servicing a month after the tenancy finished that we would need to arrange that.

    We wern't told of the gas leak that was reported at the end of tenancy and only found out when we enquired after discovering the gas leak was still there.
  • zzzLazyDaisy
    zzzLazyDaisy Posts: 12,497 Forumite
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    Okay, there is only so many times you can be told the same thing.

    You don't like the answers you are getting - and anyway how do you know that any of us know what we are talking about?

    I suggest that you speak to the solicitor who did the conveyancing for you, and get proper legal advice on the subject. It may cost you - probably more than the cost of the repair to the pipe - and you won't get your legal costs back, whatever the outcome. But at least you will have legal advice from a solicitor who deals with these queries day in and day out, and who will be able to confirm what we have told you.
    I'm a retired employment solicitor. Hopefully some of my comments might be useful, but they are only my opinion and not intended as legal advice.
  • Okay, there is only so many times you can be told the same thing.

    You don't like the answers you are getting - and anyway how do you know that any of us know what we are talking about?

    I suggest that you speak to the solicitor who did the conveyancing for you, and get proper legal advice on the subject. It may cost you - probably more than the cost of the repair to the pipe - and you won't get your legal costs back, whatever the outcome. But at least you will have legal advice from a solicitor who deals with these queries day in and day out, and who will be able to confirm what we have told you.

    I find your responses quite off-hand and patronising. I have not said that I: 'do not like the answers I am getting'.

    I have merely been replying because other members have asked questions regarding the situation in an attempt to provide assistance. I have received different responses relating to this issue both here and privately.
  • ollski
    ollski Posts: 943 Forumite
    It either needs regreasing or repairing, very simple job either way and persuing it would cost you far more than just getting it repaired. Unless you can prove the previous reapir was ineffective it will be your resopnsibility unfortunately unless the original repairer has a sudden guily feeling.
  • Selenafk
    Selenafk Posts: 12 Forumite
    The leak was caused by the original engineer not tightening a nut properly - they've come out and repaired it free of charge, naturally. :j
  • jalexa
    jalexa Posts: 3,448 Forumite
    Selenafk wrote: »
    The leak was caused by the original engineer not tightening a nut properly ...

    was there ever a repair call?
  • Selenafk
    Selenafk Posts: 12 Forumite
    jalexa wrote: »
    was there ever a repair call?

    Yes there was.
  • Blackdog
    Blackdog Posts: 459 Forumite
    Good to know eveything is now safe and well. As others have said welcome to the joys of home ownership. Hopefully everything else will be fine for a while but with most houses there is always another little problem around the corner. Good luck in your new home and enjoy it.
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