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Ensure Safety in Your Property: Get Electrical Certificate for Landlords

As the landlord, you are responsible for ensuring the safety of your property. Having the electrical certificate for landlords is among the ways you can show that you care about the safety of your tenants.

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Ensure Safety in Your Property: Get Electrical Certificate for Landlords

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  1. Ensure Safety in Your Property: Get Electrical Certificate for Landlords As the landlord, you are responsible for ensuring the safety of your property. Having the electrical certificate for landlords is among the ways you can show that you care about the safety of your tenants. Also known as EICR (electrical installation condition report), it guarantees the safety of new, installed, altered, or additional electrical installation at the time it was put into service. This landlord electrical certificate can serve as your reference for finding electrical faults that can cause burns or shock, checking the safety of installations for use, and if additions to installation could become a cause for overloading. It can also indicate if your property has sufficient protection against damage caused by heat or fire from a defective point. The landlord electrical safety certificate cost can vary depending on the type and extent of the electrical installation inspection, testing, and work that needs to be done. The certificate can also indicate if there is any water damage or flooding due to a leak. Regardless of your purpose for seeking an electrical certificate for landlords, you need to make sure that the EICR is provided only by a NAPIT, ELECSA, or NICEIC registered electrician. That way, you can be confident in their ability to check the condition of your electrical systems against BS 7671 – Requirements for Electrical Installations, the UK’s standards for the safety of electrical installation. A landlord electrical certificate will be one of the most important documents you will ever possess when you own and rent out property. Tenants will be more confident to live in your premises when they know that they are safe and that they can safely use your electrical installations and appliances. The landlord electrical safety certificate cost will easily be offset when you know that your property is safe and secure, and less likely to experience damage caused by electrical fires. Be sure to get the electrical certificate for landlords every three to five years, or as recommended by a previous inspection. The law requires you to make sure that all electrical appliances and installations are safe, and the former has the CE marking. Moreover, if your property is an HMO (house in multiple occupation), the periodic testing and inspection must be conducted by a registered electrician every five years.

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