Test The West - Landlords & Agents

Low cost
Tenant liaison If you wish we can meet the tenant in the evening or at the weekend, so you don't need to be there. We won't charge for the first missed appointment!
Multiple properties We aim to offer the most competitive prices
Multiple property management If you give us a list of properties, contacts and due dates, we can arrange the appointments, do the inspection, and send you the reports. We will only bother you if there is a problem. You can check the status of each property on your own private, password protected, space on this site at any time
Asset management As well as the normal PAT reports you will be given a report on the general condition of your appliances

The Electrical Safety Council
Advice in PDF format. Just click on each link below to view the files
Landlords and Portable Appliances
Landlords responsibility for electrical safety

Frequency of testing (based on information from the HSE and the IEE)

Because all installations are different it may be possible to reduce the frequency of inspections, based on intial results.

The following should be taken as a guide

Initial test on a new tenancy agreement (best practice)
Combined Inspection and Testing, 12 months

Legal notes
As landlord, it's your duty of care to prevent harm coming to your tenants from electrical appliances that you supply.

As well as the regulations on our law page, you are also subject to the The Consumer Protection Act 1987 as you are deemed to be supplying a service, the most important legislation however is:
The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations, that became mandatory on the 1st of January 1997, state that all electrical appliances supplied with let accommodation must be safe. This applies to new and second-hand items and covers all electrical appliances supplied for the use of your tenant.