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no luck. they claim not to do it at all which is a bit of a shame. just said they would send some info which is probably the same as you'll find on the hse website. i did however find out that it is perfectly acceptable to do it yourself, again using the info from the hse site, and there is no...

top idea, thanks very much. looking into it right now

thanks for all the advice kme the only part of the HMO description that could be relevant is ..... a building which is converted entirely into self-contained flats if the conversion did not meet the standards of the 1991 Building Regulations and more than one-third of the flats are let on...

it's a converted house, 4 flats and freehold shared equally. the communal area is a small entrance lobby (about 8x8ft) whith 2 doors in it. one to the buyers flat and one to a shared stair for the top floor flats. the 4th flat (my one, and i'm not living there now - gonna be renting out) has...

the flats in the bournemouth area.

hi all, just got back from a relaxing holiday in spain to find that we require a fire safety cert/check on the communal areas of the flats i live in as requested by the solicitor of a new buyer one of the other flat owners has got a quote (

good morning gents just had a phone call from my brother who is staying somewhere in norfolk this weekend with a strange little problem. he swears he's not winding me up and i can't for the life of me figure out what is going on in one of the bedrooms of the house the table lamp on one side of...

hi guys no news yet, can't get access. no phone numbers for the tennants(they don't have mobiles) so i can only turn up randomly and hope for the best, which i'm doing...... not working out so far. landlord doesn't seem to care much either. no real surprise there. he's in oz and not too...

hi guys can i ask what you lot have paid for the 17th one day course? i was looking at paying

another minor oddity occurred while i was there. my volt stick (and before you all start they do have a place in the world) was pretty much glowing the second i opened my toolbox and remained to do so when it was held in the center of the room. never done it before. i know they're not reliable...

not a problem mate. i'm not that easily offended but it's easy to get your back up and be defensive when you first arrive on these forums. and i can completely understand where you were coming from anyhow, i couldn't gain access to the flat so nothing new to post in that respect. 3 tenants and...

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thanks for the checklist. a couple of things on there i hadn't considered...

thanks all for the responses... well most of them anyway. for the record yes i am a qualified electricain. experience doesn't come with the certificate though which is where i find it helpful to ask other people. helps with the learning you know. as i said before as far as i can tell all...

hi guys... i used to lurk around screwfix but have got a bit of a headscratcher so thought i'd come ask the talent for advice just been on a call-out where the tenants of a flat had been getting belts off the towel rail, the shower mixer 'panel' and the plughole. (this was discovered when one...