We carry out landlord gas safety checks across Wellington in TF1. A Gas Safe registered engineer checks every gas appliance and flue in the property and gives you the record your tenants need. Wellington is a few minutes from our base, so it is one of the quickest places for us to get to.
Wellington housing, and what that means for the check
Wellington is one of the busiest parts of Telford for letting, and the stock is mixed in a way that matters here. The Victorian and Edwardian terraces around the town centre and out towards Haygate and Dothill often still have chimneys in use, older flues and the occasional appliance in a bathroom or a cupboard. The post war semis and the newer builds are usually a straightforward combi.
In the terraces the thing we check hardest is ventilation. Over the years air bricks get blocked, vents get filled in when a room is redecorated, and a window that used to be the ventilation gets replaced with a sealed unit. An appliance that was fine when it went in can be starved of air a decade later, and the tenant will have no idea.
What the law asks of you
Wellington landlords carry the same duties as everyone else letting property in England.
| When | What has to happen |
|---|---|
| Every 12 months | Every gas appliance and flue in the property is safety checked by a Gas Safe registered engineer. |
| Within 28 days | A copy of the record goes to the existing tenants. |
| At the start of a tenancy | A copy goes to any new tenant before they move in. |
| For two years | You keep a copy of every record. |
We are local to you
Wellington is part of Telford, so this is home turf rather than a journey. If you have a portfolio around Wellington, Oakengates and the Telford estates we can work through them in a run and keep the renewal dates together, which is far less to keep track of than certificates expiring one at a time across the year.