Are your properties safe?

It's Gas Safety Week this week, an opportunity to remind landlords as well as home owners to look after their gas appliances.

It's all too easy to assume that cookers and boilers will work year-in, year-out and many of them actually do function faultlessly. But think about it like this: you wouldn't skip your car's MOT - it's equally important to have gas appliances checked annually to ensure they are working correctly.

According to research conducted by Gas Safety Week's organisers, 43% of Britons don't have their appliances checked regularly and 10% own appliances that have never been checked. Quite a disconcerting statistic.

For our landlord clients, we arrange annual checks with registered gas engineers as part of our comprehensive landlord services. If we source an investment property for you, manage its renovation and let it out, we also make sure that all relevant checks are completed before your first tenants move in. After that, annual checks are scheduled to ensure both your investment and the tenants are safe.

Whilst we are lucky to work with a trusted supplier who are registered 'Gas Safe' engineers, if you need to look for your own engineer, make sure to select a reputable company that will carry out checks carefully and thoroughly. More information can be found here.