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Short Term Lets

Renting a holiday property, house or flat?

If you rent a property or room, the Landlords still has legal responsibilities for gas safety. Landlords' duties apply to a wide range of accommodation including:
  • rooms let in bed-sit accommodation, private households, bed and breakfast accommodation and hotels
  •  rented holiday accommodation such as chalets, cottages, flats, caravans and narrow boats on inland waterways
  • residential premises.
Despite the length of tenancy and rental period, there are three specific duties for landlords to keep their tenants safe.
  •  Maintenance: pipework, appliances and flues must be maintained in a safe condition.
  • Gas safety checks: An annual gas safety check must be carried out on every gas appliance and its associated flue in your rental property. Regulations introduced in April 2018 allow a landlord to arrange for a gas safety check to be carried out any time from 10 – 12 calendar months after the previous check whilst still preserving the original check expiry date.
  • Record: a record of the gas safety check must be provided to tenants within 28 days of the check being completed or to new tenants before they move in. If a property or room is hired out for less than 28 days at a time, it is permissible to display a copy of the current Landlords Gas Safety Record in a prominent position within the property so a copy does not need to be given to every new occupier.

 

Landlords must keep copies of the record for two years. If a landlord has benefited from the new regulations allowing flexibility in timing of gas safety checks, records must be kept until two further gas safety checks have been carried out.