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Preparing Your Property Preparing Your Property -- RegulationsRegulations (Continued)(Continued)
Preparing Your Property reparing Your Property -- RegulationsRegulations (Continued)(Continued)
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The Regulations do not apply to:
Sleeping bags
Bed-clothes (including duvets)
Loose covers for mattresses
Pillowcases
Curtains
Carpets.
Please note this covers any furniture and furnishings left in the property by either
yourself or any tenants. We recommend any items left by tenants are removed unless
they can be proved that they comply. Items cannot be sold or given to tenants.
Failure to abide by these regulations could result in prosecution.
Smoke Alarms & Carbon Monoxide Detectors
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The Energy Act 2013 (TEA 2013) came into force on the 11 March 2015 and the Smoke
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& Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations took effect from 1 October 2015.
Under section 150 of THE 2013 you as a Landlord of the Property are required by law to
install working smoke alarms on each floor with living accommodation which includes
bathrooms. A Carbon Monoxide Detector must also be installed in any room which is
used as living accommodation and contains a solid fuel burning combustion appliance.
Failure to comply with these regulations could result in the local authority issuing a
Remedial Notice. If the local authority is satisfied that a Landlord has failed to comply
with a Remedial Notice, they can impose a penalty charge which cannot exceed £5000
As part of our Management Service we will check smoke alarms at the start of each new
tenancy to ensure they are in working order.
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Preparing Your Property reparing Your Property -- RegulationsRegulations (Continued)(Continued)
P
The Regulations do not apply to:
Sleeping bags
Bed-clothes (including duvets)
Loose covers for mattresses
Pillowcases
Curtains
Carpets.
Please note this covers any furniture and furnishings left in the property by either
yourself or any tenants. We recommend any items left by tenants are removed unless
they can be proved that they comply. Items cannot be sold or given to tenants.
Failure to abide by these regulations could result in prosecution.
Smoke Alarms & Carbon Monoxide Detectors
th
The Energy Act 2013 (TEA 2013) came into force on the 11 March 2015 and the Smoke
st
& Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations took effect from 1 October 2015.
Under section 150 of THE 2013 you as a Landlord of the Property are required by law to
install working smoke alarms on each floor with living accommodation which includes
bathrooms. A Carbon Monoxide Detector must also be installed in any room which is
used as living accommodation and contains a solid fuel burning combustion appliance.
Failure to comply with these regulations could result in the local authority issuing a
Remedial Notice. If the local authority is satisfied that a Landlord has failed to comply
with a Remedial Notice, they can impose a penalty charge which cannot exceed £5000
As part of our Management Service we will check smoke alarms at the start of each new
tenancy to ensure they are in working order.
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