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Where does your sympathy lie
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It's her own silly fault.
Gas bloke wouldn't have gone "to cap her off", he'd have gone to do a safety thing. Has she got hold of the landlord? They tried to get her, she DOES have to allow access.
Gas bloke wouldn't have gone "to cap her off", he'd have gone to do a safety thing. Has she got hold of the landlord? They tried to get her, she DOES have to allow access.
Imagine if she lived in north east Russia or Alaska? 
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There’s no mention of a legal letter, which, afaik, the landlord has to obtain prior to capping, especially if she has a valid certificate. We get it all the time. Sympathy lies with neither, as I work in housing.
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Yes, they have to apply to the court to either gain access or gain access/cap it. It doesn’t matter if the certificate has expired, landlord has to apply to gain access.
Hi
Me, my OH and our families all rent out the property to preferred T's as per our criteria which is within the law.
Not in our properties but flats, newer homes etc and even some older places can have meters outside the house.
To enter the property a LL has to give reasonable notice and if T not responding the LL have the law on their side to gain
entry to check property carry out essential work. Not having a certificate is dangerous but not essential for a certain period of time where access cant be gained I think
I worked for the councils years ago worked in many departments as I was headhunted and trust me, the excuses some people make are incredible re access and I'm not referring to this T but what I saw and heard in my experiences.
Too much weight is given to the T's rights and often the LL's get f/d hard by them. Indeed you get good and bad LL and T's.
FYI, we always rent via a good LA and always get LL insurance just in case we get a trouble maker but thankfully all good. Using a LA costs loads of money if you buy the biggest package but its a peace of mind as when things go wrong they go wrong big style.
Re this case, I'm 100% cert that they capped the gas from outside the house - big up to the LL as its not essential works
Thanks
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If the boiler had leaked gas, she would've blamed the landlord for not servicing it.
It's an unfortunate situation but I understand the landlord, they got to cover their back.
It's an unfortunate situation but I understand the landlord, they got to cover their back.
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Hi,
I’m in agreement, and the landlord does have the law on it’s side, however, they still need to pursue the legal avenue. We also cap external meters, which usually gets us access, as going to the court costs money.
The only gas people with rights of entry afaik are the esp, eg Cadent.
Have a look at these attachments
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It’s the same as turning off an appliance or gas escape, seek permission, but ultimately we as gas engineers do not have the power to cap, neither does the landlord.
