Landlord compliance support in Newcastle

Sunderland Landlord Compliance supports private landlords, portfolio owners, letting agents and homeowners preparing to rent out property in Newcastle. Sunderland Landlord Compliance provides one point of contact for landlords and letting agents, coordinating inspections and compliance work through appropriately qualified and insured independent specialists.

Coverage across postcodes such as NE1 to NE7, NE12, NE13 and NE15 and neighbouring streets.

Tell us the property address in Newcastle and which services you need. We review every quote request manually, confirm price and availability in writing and only arrange the visit once you accept. Certificates and reports are returned to you and stored against your property record so renewal dates stay visible.

You can bundle several services into one quote to reduce visits. Starting prices are published on our price guide. Every quote is reviewed manually and your exact price is confirmed in writing before any payment is requested.

Every inspection, test or certificate for a Newcastle property is completed by an independently qualified subcontractor: an accredited Domestic Energy Assessor for EPCs, a Gas Safe registered engineer for CP12s and boiler servicing, and a qualified electrical contractor for EICRs. Sunderland Landlord Compliance coordinates the visit, checks the paperwork and stores the returned documents.

Selective licensing applies in designated areas of Newcastle rather than across the whole city, and the designated boundaries can follow individual streets. Landlords should check the exact property address with Newcastle City Council, which determines whether a licence is required.

Sunderland Landlord Compliance coordinates the compliance evidence and inspections landlords may need to hold, and arranges remedial works where an inspection identifies them.

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If a rental property in Newcastle has any gas appliance, fitting or flue, the landlord has an annual duty. Every 12 months a Gas Safe registered engineer must check each gas appliance and flue for safety, test the tightness of the installation, and check ventilation and combustion performance. The engineer records the results and issues the document landlords are required to hold.

That document is the Landlord Gas Safety Record, still widely called a CP12. CP12 was the original form number used by British Gas, and today CP12, Landlord Gas Safety Record and Gas Safety Certificate all mean the same thing. It records the property, the appliances checked, the results against each one, the date and the engineer's Gas Safe registration number. Only a Gas Safe registered engineer can carry out the check and issue the record.

There are two separate copy duties, and both catch landlords out. Existing tenants must be given a copy of the record within 28 days of the check being carried out. New tenants must be given a copy before they move in, not on move in day and not shortly afterwards. In a market like Newcastle, where student and young professional tenancies turn over heavily around late summer, the practical effect is that the gas record needs to be in hand and issued before the new tenancy starts rather than chased once the keys have changed hands. Where a property is an HMO with several separate tenancies, each tenant is entitled to a copy.

A record can be renewed in the final two months of its validity without losing time, because the new certificate keeps the original renewal month. That gives room to plan around void periods and tenancy start dates instead of booking against a hard expiry. We track the 12 month renewal date against the property record and prompt you in advance, and where an appliance is classified under the Gas Industry Unsafe Situations Procedure we coordinate the written remedial quote before any further work is arranged.

The annual check is a safety check, not a service. If you also want the boiler serviced for warranty or reliability reasons, both jobs can be completed on one visit by the same Gas Safe registered engineer. See landlord boiler servicing and repairs for the difference and the add-on price. All gas work for Newcastle properties is carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer working as an independently qualified subcontractor. This page is general information for landlords and is not legal advice.

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