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I would be interested to hear more detail about what exactly the fines are for. If the fines are for providing housing that is similar to the conditions shown on ITV News, for example water inside homes for weeks or even months with no effort being made by landlords to put things right when they could do so, or failure to undertake a gas safety check, then as a landlord myself I'm all for the fines. But if the fines are for very minor problems e.g. a tiny bit of mould in a bathroom that the tenants themselves probably caused and could treat with a squirt of anti-mould foam - amazing stuff by the way and the landlord is offering to pay for the foam etc. and make sure it isn't a damp problem that can be put right then that is wrong. The devil is in the detail. But are landlords seriously saying that fines shouldn't be imposed for serious problems that they, the landlords are refusing/failing with no excuse to put right?
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09 December 2022 09:49 AM
I do agree that trades people often do the job that's easiest for them and not what's best for the house and will be best in the long run. Decent tenants deserve decent landlords and vice versa.
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06 September 2022 10:34 AM
I agree that it would be interesting to know how many were deemed unsafe and also how many not to current standards. It seems properties are safer with regard to electrical problems but are they safer with regard to gas? There should be a current gas safety check and certificate and this should be done before the tenant enters the property but:- 1. This seems to be something the landlord, who wishes to evict the tenant, can fix later (The Trecarrel case) by undertaking the gas safety check later after the tenant enters the property, which defeats the whole purpose of making it mandatory to undertake the check before the tenant enters. Hopefully this only applies in a very narrow situation. 2. The landlord's gas safety check & certificate was made mandatory to protect the tenant, mainly from carbon monoxide (CO). Less than 2% of CO in the air can be deadly in less than three minutes. CO cannot be sensed using human senses. Yet there is no mandatory requirement for the gas safety check to use equipment to test the emissions from the gas appliance for CO. This is plainly wrong. 3. HSE fails to enforce the lack of a gas safety check and certificate. Prosecutions for this failure amount to about 5 per year.
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24 June 2022 17:22 PM
We would welcome any sensible green solution because of the danger of carbon monoxide from burning carbon based fuels such as coal, wood, oil, gas etc. It is often not understood that coal and wood are usually far worse polluters than gas as long as the gas central heating boiler is modern, well installed and well maintained by properly qualified people. We surely need to cut out the worst offenders in the heating world which surely we can do now? Our fear is that restricting ventilation will cause other problems such as carbon monoxide poisoning - the gas emergency service doesn't even test gas appliances for carbon monoxide, a deadly gas which can kill in tiny amounts and cannot be sensed using human senses. Surely if the fuel industry and particularly gas is to be respected it should start with putting this right? Surely a safe gas boiler is also an energy efficient gas boiler? Stephanie Trotter, OBE President & Director CO-Gas Safety, independent registered charity committed to preventing deaths and injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning & other gas dangers and helping those exposed to CO and their families.
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12 August 2021 09:22 AM
I run a charity which works to prevent deaths and injuries from carbon monoxide poisoning. We are in favour of licensing and making sure law and regulations are complied with BEFORE someone dies or is injured. Prosecutions are at an all time low of about 4 a year, which, in our opinion, is just insulting. Also obviously it is better for everyone to prevent rather than prosecute. HOWEVER £665 is surely OUTRAGEOUS? How much does the licensing scheme actually cost?
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12 July 2021 09:33 AM
Congratulations to Merton Council for prosecuting. Landlords need to be more responsible. Surely not all timber framed houses are fire risks or are about to fall down? I agree that cheap builds are terrible for those who buy them. Are there any responsible builders (or is that a contradiction in terms - I do hope not) out there who want to build well? We had wonderful builders who really knew what they were doing but they had an average age of about 60! Please could responsible builders get together and ask Government to bring in regulations on this - suggest they also draft their own regulations. Surely modular houses aren't all rubbish? Look at German systems. Surely modular is the way to go because it is efficient but obviously they must be made and put up properly?
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18 November 2019 11:01 AM
The CIEH is absolutely right. This is outrageous and the lack of provisions to make carbon monoxide (CO) alarms to EN 50291 mandatory in all rented property will almost certainly cost the UK taxpayer money due to all the lack of diagnosis of severe carbon monoxide poisoning and subsequent cost to the NHS, employers etc. Even the existing law which requires a mandatory safety check in rented property with gas appliances, does not include a test using equipment to sense carbon monoxide, yet CO cannot be sensed using human senses! Stephanie CO-Gas Safety
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05 July 2018 11:39 AM
The lack of a licence (which would probably have made sure the gas appliance was safe and fitted a CO alarm) may have caused two deaths. The police should surely be looking into whether or not there is evidence for a charge of manslaughter by gross negligence?
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