Gas safety certificate date

Manchee

jjlandlord wrote: »

It wasn't aggressive, but it was dismissive.

Well, I said "it came across as.." which is a statement of my opinion, so yes it came across as aggressive and dismissive. But anyway..

fishpond

What are you hiding?
If nothing, let the LL attend.
I think you are being a little bit paranoid.
There are worst things in life, I had a visitor once, when he was caught he got 18 months.

thesaint

Manchee wrote: »

Anyway, I called BG earlier to arrange and was told that they couldn't do weekends or evening (both myself and partner work 9-5 mon-fri), so informed our landlords letting agency and they said they would deal with it.

Manchee wrote: »

Is it totally unreasonable for me to ask for it to be deferred a day to the weekend when we would be available to be present?

You are not making much sense.

00ec25

Manchee wrote: »

I hadn't agreed they would just come in anyway due to the 'heavy laws' (first time I've come across laws with physical mass haha!).

its not heavy as such but right is on the side of the LL

the governing body is the HSE, the advice they provide to LL states:
"Write to the tenant explaining that a safety check is a legal requirement and that it is for the tenant’s own safety. Give the tenant the opportunity to arrange their own appointment."

you have been given the opportunity, you refused it, the LL is therefore making direct arrangements

full text here
http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/faqlandlord.htm

chanz4

The landlord does not have a right of entry, you can refuse them to let anyone in as its not an emergency.

However you could offer to pay another gas safe engineer todo the safety check. Although its good to see they care, but its better than a blown up home, the other option they do have is disconnection of the gas supply pending a gas safety check

Section 11 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 -

jee

So you ask if you can have an appointment after 6 or on a weekend after being told that BG only attend on weekdays before 6pm....

I think you should thank your LL and letting agency for sorting it out so quickly and so that you don't have to take a day off.

G_M

LL is doing all he can to be a good landlord.

1) he gave you flexibility to arrange the appointment yourself direct with BG. You ignored the letter

2) When you told him you could not/did not want to let BG in during working hours (we all have to do this for contractors sometimes: tenant or home-owners alike) he offered to take time off himself to do it.

3) Now you are unhappy about him doing this.

What exactly do you want?

* to not have the inspection?
* to have the inspecion out-of-hours (wekend/evening?)

If you are really unhappy about it happening without you being there AND you are unwilling to take time off work to be there, I suggest you offer to pay the landlord whatever extra charge is incurred by an evening/weekend inspection.

00ec25

chanz4 wrote: »

The landlord does not have a right of entry, you can refuse them to let anyone in as its not an emergency.

However you could offer to pay another gas safe engineer todo the safety check. Although its good to see they care, but its better than a blown up home, the other option they do have is disconnection of the gas supply pending a gas safety check

Section 11 of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 -

and your point is?

section 11. 6
In a lease in which the lessor’s repairing covenant is implied there is also implied a covenant by the lessee that the lessor, or any person authorised by him in writing, may at reasonable times of the day and on giving 24 hours’ notice in writing to the occupier, enter the premises comprised in the lease for the purpose of viewing their condition and state of repair.

sgun

It doesn't take very long to do - go home in your lunchtime?

dancingfairy

To be fair the landlord and agent appear to be trying to fulfill there legal duties (which is more than some you here about on here). The landlord and their agent are probably getting a little stressed about getting it done on time now and trying to protect themselves from any possible comeback.
If it really is a problem I would write to them, explain that you understand how important the gas safety check is but that you really aren't happy for them to come without your being there. Are there any days/times you could offer that might work? Could you arrange for a trusted friend/relative to be there? I wouldn't want the landlord and bg to go around whilst I wasn't there but it sounds like it is just a really unfortunate situation in that you didn't see the letter in time.
df