Landlord gas cert pricing?

[king of pipes]

£45 for a landlords cert , £75 for a boiler service + materials . cheers kop

 

[mfgs]

£60+vat for boiler and hob/cooker. Any extra appliances are 30+vat on top.
A letting agent I do maintenance work for, have a guy that does their certs for £28 each. I enquired and offered £50+vat a cert because of the volume of work but laughed when they told me how much they currently pay. He clearly doesn't do them properly as I have At Risked a few only a couple weeks after they have passed.

 

[woodsy]

Followed too many of the £25 gang and the Tenant asks why you're taking the cover off the boiler, going in the loft, taking the fire out etc because nobodies ever done that and why are you going to be here more than ten minutes !!!

 

[Ric2013]

In the ten years I rented out my house, no RGI did a leak test more than once. Shocked to discover that they are supposed to be done twice (though doing them twice makes sense, presumably you're checking none of the gas taps have intermittent let-by?). And I always went by recommendation not price, and never paid less than £60 (non condensing heat-only boiler, and gas cooker).

 

[Harvest Fields]

There was a post in the GE mag a few months ago stating that even though it is best practice to there is no law that states a tightness test has to be carried out on a LGSC. It is engineer preference and whilst most Engineer do it as standard some engineers charge extra for this and unless asked it is not completed. I have to do it or I cannot sleep at night. But that’s just me!!

 

[Ric2013]

Ridiculous that they aren't part of the check. Even I can do a tightness test (not that I'm qualified, but I've done them under supervision). Not exactly complicated, or a long process. I suppose that's what you get for £25: a visual inspection - rather makes a mockery of the whole thing.

 

[Sid Viscous]

Per number of appliances to be checked.

(though doing them twice makes sense, presumably you're checking none of the gas taps have intermittent let-by?).

And yes, always TT twice! First as a benchmark & to see if it's safe to proceed, second to check after appliances have been disconnected & reconnected, as Last Plumber said - fires out etc etc

 

[jtsplumbing]

main problem is most of the prices have been axed & cut to the bone by Tight arsed Landlords & letting agents, would say the average in the Plymouth area is £45. or less, mainly due to it being a student area and the number of available gas engineers. (The city is over run with them.) We get the same crap every year being offered £12.to £14. For CP12 work per property regardless of how meny items your checking even if it is the tenants own appliance they still want it doing. Local council will even send one of their office bods around to watch what your doing & how long it takes.

 

[Sid Viscous]

Well this goes back to a previous thread about call-out charges. I don't have a call-out charge, I do have a minimum charge and it ain't £14 pal! As for that bloke from the council, unless you're working on council property it's nothing to do with them. Our city council have their own gas guys who look after their properties.

 

[Ric2013]

You need a minimum charge, unless you're going to start charging rip-off prices on parts, overselling things that aren't needed etc etc. Unless you can get sponsorship as a charity, that is.

So your minimum charge is less than £14? I'll bear you in mind

Here in Colchester, I'm pretty sure council sub-contracts gas checks to private companies.