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Manoeuvring Through The Minefield
For years now the buy to let market has been booming in the UK as investors capitalise on strong returns on their property investments as well as a more buoyant property market. The challenge however is that over the past 12 months there has been an unprecedented number of new laws and regulations brought in for landlords and agents. All...
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Do You Have A Responsible Landlord?
Do you have a responsible landlord? It’s now more than six months since the government passed legislation that requires all private landlords in England to install working and regularly tested smoke and CO alarms in all rented properties.The legislation requires smoke alarms to be fitted on each storey of the property, along with a CO alarm in...
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Gas Safe Europe has been shortlisted for ’Supplier of the Year’ at the 2016 Housing Excellence Awards
We are delighted to confirm Gas Safe Europe has been shortlisted for ’Supplier of the Year’ at the 2016 Housing Excellence Awards.Widely recognised as the ‘industry event’ of the year, 2016 Housing Excellence Awards is one of the largest awards dinners in the UK social housing sector, attracting...
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Providing Evidence Of Co & Smoke Legislation Compliance
GasSafe Europe, the UK’s leading provider of carbon monoxide (CO) and smoke alarm testing products, has launched Triplicate Test Record Pads to help landlords evidence to local authority officials that their CO and smoke alarms have been tested and are in working order.The product is set to help landlords evidence that a building’s smoke...
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The Wrekin Housing Trust Leads The Way In Carbon Monoxide Testing
The Wrekin Housing Trust, one of the largest housing associations in the West Midlands, has taken measures to test the sensors of their carbon monoxide (CO) alarms across their housing stock.The decision to test their alarms follows recent concerns over the quality of CO alarms in the UK as well as new legislation that requires all private sector landlords...
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Cause For Alarm
The more we hear from the carbon monoxide (CO) alarm manufacturing industry the more there is a real cause for alarm in this country.In October last year, one of the biggest CO alarm manufacturers was required to recall some of their products from the market as they were found to be faulty. This product had been sold widely in leading supermarkets...
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