DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL SERVICES
From design to installation we offer a comprehensive range of electrical services within the domestic sector. Our electricians are apprentice trained and fully qualified. Our services offered but not limited to are as follows:
- Electrical design
- Electrical installation
- Electrical testing & inspection
- Landlord certification
- Houses in multiple occupation (HMOs)
- Smart homes
- Repairs & maintenance
ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS FOR LANDLORDS & ELECTRICAL COMPLIANCE
As landlords you have a legal duty to ensure your rental properties and any electrical equipment provided are in a safe condition and electrically sound before a tenancy begins as well as throughout its duration.
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 is the main legislation in England and Wales which requires every electrical installation in a rental property to comply with the following:
- Electrical installations in rental properties are safe when tenants move in and maintained in a safe condition throughout its duration.
- The act states a landlord will keep the electrical installation of such properties in repair and proper working order.
- The landlord cannot make the tenant responsible for these repairs.
- Recommendation is that landlords have a full electrical inspection & test completed by and NICEIC or ELECSA electrician at least every 5 years or each change of occupancy.
- All electrical work must comply with Part P of the building regulations and be certified
- A house in multiple occupation (HMO) has a periodic inspection carried out on the property every five years.
- Appliances provided is safe and has at least the CE marking (which is the manufacturer’s claim that it meets all the requirements of European law)
- A landlord is also responsible for the communal areas of a house, block of flats, or an estate that residents use in common with other tenants