Landlords responsibilities

SandLake

Can I get some advice please. I am a landlord and I have been getting annual gas safe tests carried out. I am about to register for the new landlord registration scheme which becomes mandatory next month and am confused as to whether I must also have an annual electrical test or not. From what I have read it may only be every 5 years and even then it may not be mandatory?

Old_Git

SandLake wrote: »

Can I get some advice please. I am a landlord and I have been getting annual gas safe tests carried out. I am about to register for the new landlord registration scheme which becomes mandatory next month and am confused as to whether I must also have an annual electrical test or not. From what I have read it may only be every 5 years and even then it may not be mandatory?

at the moment you dont need one .
Dont be surprised if all that changes now the LL registration is in place.

Cotta

Are there any significant benefits to having LLs registered and how often will this happen?

saverbuyer

Cotta wrote: »

Are there any significant benefits to having LLs registered and how often will this happen?

All info here.

http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/landlord-registration-scheme

warmhands.coldheart

I can see the benefits of the scheme but as always it's the business landlords who get off lightly..
the £70 Fee is not per property but per person on the deed so if a family of 4 bought an investment property to rent out, to register on the LL register would cost £280 as each person on the deed has to register... On the other hand a landlord with 20 houses with their name (or their company name) the only one on the deeds then they only have to pay £70 for the one registration.....

Would have thought it should have been "per property" rather than per name...