Gas safety certificate help please!

Jenny_Wren_3

We are renting a house at the moment (a six month tenancy after we sold our old house and couldn't find another to buy at the time). Our tenancy is due to end shortly but we are really unhappy with the agency that we rent it through.
The house has no gas safety certificate for the gas fire in the lounge (although it has for the gas boiler and hob). We have asked for this to be done on numerous occasions and are being fobbed off by the agency who say that the landlord won't have it done.
The house also had no smoke alarms for the first 2 months, eventually they supplied a pack of 2 cheap alarms which we have fitted.
What is the legal position on this? I was under the impression that smoke alarms and certificates were a legal requirement. My husband is talking about taking them to court. Help to clarify this is much appreciated!!!

jamie11

You say the house has a CP12? The gas fire would have been looked at at the same time, the certificate covers the safety of all gas items in the property. I have a unsafe gas fire in one of my properties, I simply had it capped off.

securityman

No law that they have to fit smoke alarms.

chappers

But all gas appliances have to either be tested or made inoperable.
That is the law

thesaint

The landlord is required to have a Gas certificate for the property.
If he won't get one, you can not take him to court for not having one. What I would do is get one done, and then minus the cost from the rent due.

Dan-Dan

You chose to live in a smoke alarm free house for 2 months ?

you could have sorted that for £8 and sent land lord the receipt

thesaint

Dan-Dan wrote: »

You chose to live in a smoke alarm free house for 2 months ?

you could have sorted that for £8 and sent land lord the receipt

As already stated, the landlord is not required to provide smoke alarms.

Dan-Dan

thesaint wrote: »

As already stated, the landlord is not required to provide smoke alarms.

Then just ignore the second line of my post because the bit that matters is getting the damn things!

securityman

Dan-Dan wrote: »

Then just ignore the second line of my post because the bit that matters is getting the damn things!

You can get them free from a fire station, well you can around my way.
The one,s I got have a 10 year battery as well.

Werdnal

As above, smoke alarms not complulsory, you are lucky to have been given any at all.

Are you sure gas certificate does not cover everything in the property?

If LL will not do things, the agent cannot force them to - agent works for LL not the other way around. If you have issues, write to the LL, via the address for serving notices on your tenancy agreement.#

TBH, if your tenancy is coming to an end soon, why go through the hassle of trying to take LL to court? Move out, move on ...

securityman

So are you saying that they have tested the hob and the boiler, but not the gas fire?
Is the fire not listed on the certificate?
It would not of cost any more to test the fire, so the engineer must of missed it. If you have c/h that might be why he missed it.

Call up the engineer, his/her number will be on the certificate, tell them they missed the gas fire that was fitted when they did there test and you think it might be making you sleepy. They should come back and tested it.

Who,s at fault, gasman or landlord. Who signed the paper work?
Who's name is on it?