My landlord wrote on my tenancy,”tenants responsible for gas safety certificate/checks”. can he do this?
I’ve never had to pay for a gas check when I was a private tenant. It is the landlord’s responsibility, it is his property. The landlord I had would hassle me because he couldn’t get access due to me working, he had to make an appointment. I don’t like the sounds of your home at all. The gas appliances sound very dodgy. I would invest in a couple of carbon dioxide detectors from the likes of B&Q. Carbon dioxide gas is a killer and you can’t see it, smell it or taste it. Take your tenancy agreement to your local council housing department along with a description of the conditions you are living in and ask them to re-house you as a priority. All social housing is undergoing a modenisation programme to bring them up to a decent standard. I don’t see why private landlords should get away with letting slums.
Your landlord is acting illegally. By law, any property containing gas boilers/fires that were installed when you moved into the property (ie, not installed by you) are the responsibility of the Landlord. So if you put in a gas cooker, then it is your responsibility but boilers/central heating are the landlords. By law, this gas check has to be done every year so he is being a really bad boy! Get in touch with Health and Safety and the local council and do not let this scumbag get away with it!
