Electrician in Coventry & Warwickshire
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Research carried out by YouGov recently revealed that 1 in 5 private rented properties do not have a working fire alarm. Despite a 90% uptake in fire alarms after a successful decade of campaigning for homes to have a working fire alarm, it is tenants who privately rent their homes that have mostly been found to have no smoke alarm.
If I got a pound for every time I heard how hard it was to find a good electrician in Birmingham, I would be a millionaire! Despite all the efforts made to simplify the process of finding an electrician to carry out work in homes, it still remains a confusing process for the public, who don't always realise where the best places to look are.
Government officials are currently debating electrical safety in rented homes with a view to making electrical checks a compulsory requirement for landlords.
The state of play at the moment
I work with a growing number of landlords in the Coventry and Birmingham areas to ensure their homes are up to rental standard.
When a tenant reports a problem in one of your properties, do you tend to it as a matter of urgency or ignore the problem until you get reminded by the tenant?
Repeatedly ignoring requests from your tenants and failing to resolve problems within your property could see you landed in court, your tenant holding onto the rent they owe you or worse still a serious incident taking place within your property as a result of your negligence.
The highly anticipated Building Control (Amendment) Regulations came into effect on the 1st March 2014. The amended regulations bring about big changes within the construction industry as well as placing more accountability on home owners when it comes to planning new dwellings and home extensions over 40 square metres.
Putting an end to poor working practices
The highly anticipated Building Control (Amendment) Regulations came into effect on the 1st March 2014. The amended regulations bring about big changes within the construction industry as well as placing more accountability on home owners when it comes to planning new dwellings and home extensions over 40 square metres.
Putting an end to poor working practices
Today whilst grabbing a quick breakfast in a Coventry café, an electrical awareness article sponsored by a well known gas company caught my eye. The article quite rightly stated that an inspection of the cable in your home was recommended in order to maintain a safe standard of electrical safety. As part of the electrical services in Coventry that I offer, I always recommend to home owners that they have an EICR carried out on their property if they have not had one carried out within the last 10 years.
Today whilst grabbing a quick breakfast in a Coventry café, an electrical awareness article sponsored by a well known gas company caught my eye. The article quite rightly stated that an inspection of the cable in your home was recommended in order to maintain a safe standard of electrical safety. As part of the electrical services in Coventry that I offer, I always recommend to home owners that they have an EICR carried out on their property if they have not had one carried out within the last 10 years.
Charles is a qualified and registered electrician serving Coventry, Birmingham, Warwickshire and surrounding areas.
He regularly publishes blogs and articles around the subject of electrical safety which is of interest to home owners, landlords, letting agents, estate agents and tenants in the domestic sector.
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