A recent case from Suffolk highlights just how seriously lawmakers take electrical safety in rentals. A landlord was fined £7,500 after failing to address 21 electrical defects identified in an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR), including seven defects classed as ‘immediately dangerous’. The faults left a mother and her four children at risk of electric shock or fire, and the local authority successfully upheld the penalty after the required remedial work wasn'

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A local authority in Kent has revealed that it stepped in to help resolve a private rental dispute over an electrical inspection. Ashford...

Fire safety in rental properties forms a key part of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. Under the Act, homes with an...