House buying surveys

Deedoodee

warwick2001 said:

p00hsticks said:

warwick2001 said:

Strange that the vendor decided to check the gas, but not get the electrics checked. Heyho....

I don't think so - Plenty of people are signed up to British Gas homecare or similar and get an annual boiler service which will come with some paperwork that could be taken to be a gas safety certificate.

I doubt if many get their electricity checked annually as well, though......

Agreed. But a boiler service is exactly that, a service of the boiler. A gas safety certificate is something very different, and will be an assessment of all gas appliances in the house (inc. hobs, fires etc.). Many vendors will service their boiler before selling and get a service certificate, not many get gas safety certificates.

ah! That’s my mix up. Had another look and it’s a service certificate, NOT a gas safety certificate. In that case, is it worth getting a gas safety one? 

warwick2001

Same as my previous answer to the electrics. IF you won't be able to sleep at night knowing they haven't been checked, then get them checked. I think you need a Gas Safe registered gas engineer to do the checks.

I recently got one done on my rental property, it cost £100 for a boiler service and the gas safety certificate (which included the boiler, a gas hob and a gas fire). They're not that expensive, so if it puts your mind at rest, then its defo money well spent.