Spareroom carried out a similar survey last year, and one year on there still appears to be a lack of awareness or concern amongst landlords, particularly amateur landlords, that they could be putting tenants at risk by not having an annual gas safety check.
The latest survey of UK tenants revealed that a staggering 34% are renting properties that have out-of-date gas safety certificates. Of those, 14% of tenants said the last gas safety check was carried out more than 12 months ago and a worrying 20% had never seen a gas safety check carried out while they had been renting the property.
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NetRent Comment
There is simply no reason why landlords should endanger tenants lives by failing to have an annual Gas Safety check completed. Ignorance of this law is simply no defence. For their own safety tenants should demand to see their annual Gas Safety check.
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