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  • You should have an annual gas safety cert anyway right?

    As a buyer, if I didn't see something I'd assume a major issue. i.e. is the flue serviceable? Does the boiler carry a huge "Do not use" sticker from a prior inspection?

    If one wasn't supplied routinely, or couldn't be supplied... I'd have questions and would consider pulling out. A boiler test at least is like a change of oil or MOT for a car - why don't you have one?

    The electrics... frankly, the buyer should've glanced at a fuse box when they visited, or could say "please take a photo at minimum"... just a sanity check. A full test would've revealed the cluster-fuck that is my kitchen, but full electrics testing is not a routine thing and I wouldn't expect one to be done, just a sanity check on the consumer unit for an estimation of the last time someone may have done major work to the electrics and an assumption that there is a skeleton somewhere but at least it's a small one.

  • You should have an annual gas safety cert anyway right?

    If the property is being rented. There's no requirement for your own home (and no guarantee you'd get one with a service unless you chose an engineer who did provide them). I suspect the vast majority don't have an annual service.

  • Hah, and there was me just routinely getting it done because it's only a small cost to catch problems early.

    BTW, thanks for the tips earlier.

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