Gas Safety Certificates in Edgware

For a landlord gas safety check in Edgware, EliteShires Property Services sends a Gas Safe registered engineer from our Kenton Lane base, a short drive from HA8. The check starts from £70 for a single appliance, with a small addition for each extra appliance, and the Landlord Gas Safety Record is issued on the day. Every gas appliance and flue in the property is covered. In Edgware the first question is sometimes whether you need one at all. Some newer blocks run on communal heating, and if your flat has no individual gas appliance, the annual duty may not fall on you. We look at the actual setup before telling you either way.

My Edgware flat is on communal heating. Is the gas check my job?

It depends on what is inside your flat. Where heat and hot water come from shared plant and there is no gas appliance in the flat itself, the annual landlord gas duty generally does not arise for you, and the communal boiler room is the freeholder's responsibility. The picture changes as soon as there is an individual appliance, and in Edgware the one that most often catches people out is a gas hob in a flat otherwise heated from the block's system. That hob has to be checked and recorded every year. If you are unsure what your flat has, send a photograph of the kitchen and the heating cupboard, or ask the managing agent how the building is supplied. We will not issue a record for appliances that are not yours, and we will not tell you that you are exempt without having looked.

What does a check involve in a larger Edgware house?

On the private roads, gas installations are often more involved than a single combi boiler. A large detached house may have a system boiler with a cylinder, a gas hob or range, one or more gas fires, and sometimes appliances in an extension or outbuilding. Every one of them must appear on the record, and each is tested for gas tightness, operating pressure and heat input, with ventilation, flue performance and safety devices checked as well. That takes longer than a flat, and because the price starts at £70 for one appliance and rises modestly for each additional one, the total will reflect what is there. Tell us the appliance count when you book. If something is found to be at risk or immediately dangerous, it is classified, and with your permission made safe before the engineer leaves.

When should I book the renewal for an Edgware let?

The check is required at least every twelve months. You can have it done up to two months before the current record expires and keep the original renewal date, so there is no need to leave it until the last week. Booking inside that window gives room to rearrange if the tenant is away or the engineer finds a fault that needs a part. Once a check is done, the tenant must receive a copy within 28 days, a new tenant must have one before moving in, and you need to keep records for two years. We diary each property and contact you ahead of expiry. Where you let several homes in Edgware, Canons Park and the surrounding areas, we can group the visits so you are not paying separately for travel at different points in the year.

What is included

• A safety check on every gas appliance and flue you provide as landlord
• Gas tightness, operating pressure and heat input tested
• Ventilation and flue performance checked
• Safety devices verified as working
• The Landlord Gas Safety Record issued on the day
• Copies for you and for your tenant

How booking works

1. Tell us how many gas appliances there are and we confirm the price
2. We give your tenant a proper appointment window, not a vague day
3. A Gas Safe registered engineer attends and checks every appliance
4. Anything at-risk or immediately dangerous is classified and, with permission, made safe
5. You get the record the same day, and we diary next year's renewal

What you end up with: A valid Landlord Gas Safety Record covering every appliance and flue you provide, issued by a Gas Safe registered engineer, plus a reminder before it expires so it never lapses.

Why people trust us in Edgware

• Gas work, electrical inspection and energy assessment carried out under the relevant registrations, ask to see the card
• Every price confirmed before we attend, and not revised afterwards
• Coded observations quoted line by line, so you can take the work elsewhere
• A time slot rather than a morning-or-afternoon window
• Work photographed before and after, and reported
• We tell you when you do not need something we sell

We are building a review profile under this name and would rather show you none than borrow someone else's. Ask us for references from landlords in Edgware and we will put you in touch.

More in Edgware

• EPC Certificates in Edgware: From £75
• EICR Certificates in Edgware: From £120
• Plumbing & Heating in Edgware: From £60 per hour
• Electricians in Edgware: From £60 per hour
• Handyman Services in Edgware: From £45 per hour
• Property Maintenance in Edgware: Per job or monthly account

The full guide to this service is on our gas safety certificates page, and everything we cover locally is on the Edgware page.