A quick note to remind you about a change which affect both those with existing investment properties and those intending to buy investment properties.

Please note that the new Gas Safe Register TM replaced the CORGI gas registration scheme that several of us have become so familiar with over the years as Great Britain's gas safety authority on 1st April 2009.

Only Gas Safe registered engineers should be employed to carry out work on gas installations or appliances by law as from 1st April 2009 - CORGI gas registration became invalid.

The 120,000 engineers currently verified under the CORGI scheme are now registering with Gas Safe Register so they can continue to work legally.

Those of you with existing portfolios will be pleased to note that finding a Gas Safe registered engineer will never been simpler. As from 1 April 2009 you are able to find an engineer in your area online - at http://www.gassaferegister.co.uk - or by calling 0800 408 5500.

Those registered engineers will be identified with the new yellow Gas Safe Register logo, and every engineer will carry a Gas Safe Register ID card with their own unique licence number.

Gas safety is a life or death matter that affects the entire nation. It is considered that the new Gas Safe Register will help raise public consciousness about the dangers of using unregistered installers and inform all how straightforward it is to avoid such dangers by always using a registered engineer.

The message from HMO Mentor is this

Where you are an experienced property investor and have used the same CORGI registered installer for years - check their new Gas Safe Register ID card.

Where you are a novice investor please do start as you mean to continue and before you have any gas work done in your investment property check the proposed installer's Gas Safe Register ID card.

by Debra Rice
HMO Mentor
 


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