Furnished Holiday Let Owners Are Warned That Gas And Cowboys Don’t Mix

Last Updated on July 16, 2010 by admin

Holiday Home Owners are considered as Landlords under HSE legislation and therefore have specific legal responsibilities to their guests (tenants) when it comes to gas safety. In order to comply with the legislation all furnished holiday let owners should have all the gas appliances and gas boilers in their holiday homes serviced in accordance with the manufacturers guidelines and have a Gas Safety Check carried out. This work must be carried out by a Gas Safe Registered Business. Furnished Holiday Let Owners Are Warned That Gas And Cowboys Don’t Mix! Visit the Gas Safe Register website for specific gas safety information for landlords including a facility to search for a registered business in your area.

Furnished Holiday Let Owners Are Warned That Gas And Cowboys Don’t Mix

According to research carried out in 2009 on behalf of the Gas Safe Register at least a quarter of a million gas appliances installed in our homes each year are done illegally. At least 7,500 illegal gas fitters in GB are doing the most common and often most dangerous types of gas work in our homes.

Illegal gas workers who make false claims about their qualifications and carry out unsafe gas work could put you, your family and your guests at risk from gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide poisoning. Owners who fail to use a Gas Safe Registered Businesss to carry out their statutory duty as a landlord to have annual Gas Safety Checks on their holiday home gas appliances could also invalidate their holiday home insurance.

Holiday home owners will also find the links below of interest:

• Complying with fire safety law for sleeping accommodation providers
• Do You Have Paying Guests? If so, fire safety law applies to you, and you must take action
• Example Fire Risk Assessment Form
• Fire Safety for Houses in Multiple Occupation

For Self-Catering holiday cottage owners in Scotland, the Scottish Government has produced the following:

• Practical Fire Safety Guidance for small bed and breakfast and Self-Catering Premises

You may also find the following posts for holiday home owners of interest:

• Holiday home gas safety checks
• Solid fuel fire safety for holiday home owners
• Protect yourself and your guests from carbon monoxide poisoning

Follow this link for posts similar to Holiday Let Insurance for your annexe other useful resources for holiday home owners

For further information on UK holiday home insurance visit the website page most relevant to you:

• Click here if you require holiday let insurance for your annexe
• Cick here if you own a single furnished holiday letting home, cottage or apartment
• Click here if you own a listed holiday home or cottage complex
• Click here if you own a holiday cottage complex