Your landlord’s safety responsibilities
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Your landlord must keep the property you live in safe and free from health hazards.
Gas safety
Your landlord must:
- make sure gas equipment they supply is safely installed and maintained by a Gas Safe registered engineer
- have a registered engineer do an annual gas safety on each appliance and flue
- give you a copy of the gas safety check record before you move in, or within 28 days of the check
Electrical safety
Your landlord must make sure:
- the electrical system is safe, e.g. sockets and light fittings
- all appliances they supply are safe, e.g. cookers and kettles
Fire safety
Your landlord must:
- follow safety regulations
- provide a smoke alarm on each storey and a carbon monoxide alarm in rooms with a usable fireplace or wood burner
- check you have access to escape routes at all times
- make sure the furniture and furnishings they supply are fire safe
- provide fire alarms and extinguishers if the property is a large House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
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