Safety gas check before mortgage

Estelle77

Hi, a first-time buyer here.
Since the current owners are not willing to have their gas check done (last done last year), we are planning to have it checked before finally agreeing to buy the house.
I have had a look at a couple of websites for professionals to do it, even the British Gas website, which only showed a yearly subscription to the services (over £80). The independent traders don't show the approx prices (obviously) and on one I need to create an account (having trillion accounts now) to get the quote. Another such website, does not matter how many times I specify I want to have gas checked, on the click it lists electricians, so I don't know.
The house is in the PE13 area. How much do you think I can expect to be charged for the service? That would include a gas fireplace check and perhaps a not currently used gas pipe behind the electric cooker. The house has 5 bedrooms and combined boiler.
Would you recommend a different approach? Any other tips?
Thanks.

Tom99

Use the GasSafe find by location option then email a few of then to get a quote for what you want.

https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/find-an-engineer/#findbylocation

kinger101

Trying phoning someone rather than just looking a website. Specify what you want doing. If it's an old boiler, get them to comment on the availability of parts. Don't use British Gas, as they have a tendency to say all old boilers need replacing.

The "gas check" you refer to is mainly targeted at landlords, and just proves the boiler does not emit dangerous levels of carbon monoxide on that day. You need something more bespoke.

unforeseen

Is the vendor happy with you sending the to their house even before you have agreed to buy the house?

Will you find someone who is flexible enough to do it on a day and time that the vendor states?

Is the vendor willing to be p***ed about by an FTB? They may see it as the first step in a list of petty things that an FTB thinks the vendor should deal with or be inconvenienced for.

ProDave

I paid £70 for a gas test before renting out our house earlier in the year.

If it was only done a year ago, and the vendor is willing to state in writing that no work has been done since then, then I would just accept that it is safe with no further test.

Estelle77

unforeseen wrote: »

Is the vendor happy with you sending the to their house even before you have agreed to buy the house?

Will you find someone who is flexible enough to do it on a day and time that the vendor states?

Is the vendor willing to be p***ed about by an FTB? They may see it as the first step in Alistair petty things that an FTB thinks the vendor should deal with or be inconvenienced for.

What is FTB?
The vendor stated they are happy for us to have it checked. So I assume they sill accept someone coming into the house and they will need to find the suitable date and time. I don't have the contact details of the vendor, so I assume it will need to go through the estate agent. I have already queried the best procedure with the solicitor, awaiting her response.
We still plan to have a third view after having had the Home Buyer Survey done.

kinger101

unforeseen wrote: »

Is the vendor happy with you sending the to their house even before you have agreed to buy the house?

Will you find someone who is flexible enough to do it on a day and time that the vendor states?

Is the vendor willing to be p***ed about by an FTB? They may see it as the first step in a list of petty things that an FTB thinks the vendor should deal with or be inconvenienced for.

As a purchaser, I'd be very concerned if they didn't allow me to send an independent expert around to confirm all was in good order. Putting a house back on the market over such a trivial issue has it's own risks.

stormbreaker

My son took out his mortgage then along with a welcome pack came a free Scottish Gas safety check

kinger101

Estelle77 wrote: »

We still plan to have a third view after having had the Home Buyer Survey done.

That is the point where I'd put the house back on the market. I'd consider you too flaky. Bad idea. Decide whether you really want it before spending money on legal and professional fees.

Estelle77

stormbreaker wrote: »

My son took out his mortgage then along with a welcome pack came a free Scottish Gas safety check

Nice. I wonder why it was? Did the mortgage conditions specify a freebie like this?

Estelle77

kinger101 wrote: »

That is the point where I'd put the house back on the market. I'd consider you too flaky. Bad idea. Decide whether you really want it before spending money on legal and professional fees.

If I was a home owner, I would guess the buyer would not bother with the third view if they really did not want the house and said NO to the purchase straight away. Why coming for the third time if not interested? We just want to find out more information from them.