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Gas Safe Cert when selling?

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  • Dan-Dan
    Dan-Dan Posts: 5,279 Forumite
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    Road_Hog wrote: »
    Nope, just not all of us are taken in by the yearly serving thing.


    Well , to be honest , your opinion on what people do or do not , get `taken in by` , means very little , seeing as your the sort who pays for other peoples surveys on your house
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  • System
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    we have [almost] sold our house and although the EA said it wasnt necessary we have had our boiler serviced.

    It hadnt been done for about 3 yrs prior to that.
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  • Road_Hog
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    Dan-Dan wrote: »
    Well , to be honest , your opinion on what people do or do not , get `taken in by` , means very little , seeing as your the sort who pays for other peoples surveys on your house

    Actually, it is my structural engineer's report on my house. The would be buyer never got to see a copy of it, because he didn't go through with the purchase.

    Now, your yearly bolier service has cost more than my report over the last few years. The difference is, my report will be useful and can be used with the new buyers. So let's get back to talking about boilers rather than strawman/red herrings.
  • Dan-Dan
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    Road_Hog wrote: »
    Actually, it is my structural engineer's report on my house. The would be buyer never got to see a copy of it, because he didn't go through with the purchase.

    Now, your yearly bolier service has cost more than my report over the last few years. The difference is, my report will be useful and can be used with the new buyers. So let's get back to talking about boilers rather than strawman/red herrings.



    @ £65 a go , i think not , but then i care about the health of my kids and wife so money of that amount , matters little to me in any event
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  • Slinky
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    A chap I know well is a gas engineer and even he says modern boilers don't really need servicing every year.
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  • Dan-Dan
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    edited 12 November 2013 at 12:30PM
    Slinky wrote: »
    A chap I know well is a gas engineer and even he says modern boilers don't really need servicing every year.


    Not everyone has a modern boiler , do they..

    edit to say , if you dont get a new boiler serviced , you wont benefit from any warranty
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  • MobileSaver
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    Dan-Dan wrote: »
    but then i care about the health of my kids and wife

    Do you get your electrics checked every year?
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  • tommie1shunt
    tommie1shunt Posts: 341 Forumite
    We sold our's 7 month's ago, the house was empty for a month or so and it had a smell, turns out it was a very small gas leak. This was discovered by the gas man when he pressure checked the system and serviced the boiler.
    We did not need to supply certificate for house sale.
  • benjus
    benjus Posts: 5,433 Forumite
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    Dan-Dan wrote: »
    Unbelievable , countless people justifying not having your boiler serviced

    Good work guys

    A lot of landlords don't get the boiler serviced annually - they have no legal obligation to do so, just to get a gas safety inspection done every year. The fact that they can pass a gas safety inspection without having a service done indicates that there is nothing inherently unsafe in not having a boiler serviced annually.
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  • Dan-Dan
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    MobileSaver wrote: »
    Do you get your electrics checked every year?


    Yes , thanks for asking (twice)
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