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As a landlord, you have the responsibility to make sure that your property is safe. This includes ensuring the safety of all electrical installations, especially if you have recently installed, altered, or upgraded them. An electrical certificate for landlords can prove that you have taken the time to call a qualified electrician to inspect and check your installations and verify their safety at the time they were put into service. The certificate is also known as an EICR (electrical installation condition report), which will detail the type and extent of electrical installation work, testing, and inspection to be conducted for your property. Here is a more in-depth look at the benefits of the landlord electrical certificate: The EICR is informative – The certificate indicates electrical faults, which have been found during an inspection. When you know those defects, you can take measures to correct or fix them before they cause burns or shock to livestock or humans. The report ...

Safety is among the top priorities when buying a new home, and one of the ways to assure that is by ensuring that the property is backed by a domestic electrical installation certificate. The certificate proves that the property’s electrical installations have been thoroughly inspected and tested by a qualified electrician. Certification can also be helpful when making informed decisions about selling or renting a property or when moving to a new home. It is likewise critical if the property is a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and as an aspect of a 10 yearly fixed wire testing. If you are a landlord, a domestic electrical installation certificate can show that all your installations and appliances are compliant with all the recognised safety standards. Landlords will typically require several kinds of domestic electrical testing, like PAT certificate, fixed wire testing, emergency light reports, and fire alarm inspection. All four different certificates are required for HMOs...