We own a property that we rent out and need to have the gas appliances
serviced - there's a boiler, two fires (Robinson Willey Firegem Visa) and a
hob. I don't know any gas people so it's just going to have to be a "close
eyes and stick a pin in yellow pages" sort of a thing.

Can anyone give me a sort of rough guide as to what would be a reasonable
price for this just so that I know I'm not going to be taken for a ride? And
yes, I'm going to change the gas fires for electric ones but that can't be
done immediately.

TIA,
Dave

Dave wrote:
We own a property that we rent out and need to have the gas appliances
serviced - there's a boiler, two fires (Robinson Willey Firegem Visa)
and a hob. I don't know any gas people so it's just going to have to
be a "close eyes and stick a pin in yellow pages" sort of a thing.

Can anyone give me a sort of rough guide as to what would be a
reasonable price for this just so that I know I'm not going to be
taken for a ride? And yes, I'm going to change the gas fires for
electric ones but that can't be done immediately.

TIA,
Dave

Doh, sorry - should have said that I'm in Preston, Lancashire, 'cos I know
that labour rates vary around the country.

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:
We own a property that we rent out and need to have the gas appliances
serviced - there's a boiler, two fires (Robinson Willey Firegem Visa)
and a hob. I don't know any gas people so it's just going to have to
be a "close eyes and stick a pin in yellow pages" sort of a thing.

Can anyone give me a sort of rough guide as to what would be a
reasonable price for this just so that I know I'm not going to be
taken for a ride? And yes, I'm going to change the gas fires for
electric ones but that can't be done immediately.

TIA,
Dave

Doh, sorry - should have said that I'm in Preston, Lancashire, 'cos I know
that labour rates vary around the country.

Can't you use the same guy that does your annual gas safety certification
(assuming you are doing this legal obligation!) My gas man charges me £40
per certificate for up to three appliances per property. His service charge
is usually uin the £50 - £60 range for up to 3 appliances, if done at the
same time as the certificate. I am in Leeds so still up North!

HTH

John

John wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
...
Dave wrote:
We own a property that we rent out and need to have the gas
appliances serviced - there's a boiler, two fires (Robinson Willey
Firegem Visa) and a hob. I don't know any gas people so it's just
going to have to be a "close eyes and stick a pin in yellow pages"
sort of a thing. Can anyone give me a sort of rough guide as to what
would be a
reasonable price for this just so that I know I'm not going to be
taken for a ride? And yes, I'm going to change the gas fires for
electric ones but that can't be done immediately.

TIA,
Dave

Doh, sorry - should have said that I'm in Preston, Lancashire, 'cos
I know that labour rates vary around the country.

Can't you use the same guy that does your annual gas safety
certification (assuming you are doing this legal obligation!) My gas
man charges me £40 per certificate for up to three appliances per
property. His service charge is usually uin the £50 - £60 range for
up to 3 appliances, if done at the same time as the certificate. I
am in Leeds so still up North!

I could have, if I'd known - we're very new to all this ) We signed up
with Countrywide Residential Letting to manage the property for us and they
have just sent us our monthly rental statement, minus £75, but no
explanation. When my wife queried it they said it was for sending their man
to do the safety certification, and apparently this doesn't include a
service of the appliances, just the certification. Thanks for your prices
though John )

Dave

"Dave" wrote in message
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I could have, if I'd known - we're very new to all this ) We signed up
with Countrywide Residential Letting to manage the property for us and
they have just sent us our monthly rental statement, minus £75, but no
explanation. When my wife queried it they said it was for sending their
man to do the safety certification, and apparently this doesn't include a
service of the appliances, just the certification. Thanks for your prices
though John )

Hi Dave,
Glad to be of assistance. I would query the £75 cost as this
seems expensive to me. I have rented properties out now since 2002 and have
never paid more than £50 for my certificates (although my properties have a
maximum of 3 appliances). I used to use a company at first and their the
guy who used to do it went independent so I use him now and he charges me
£40 per property. As you are new to the rental 'game' you may want to
bookmark this site http://www.landlordzone.co.uk . I find it useful if you
have any questions you can ask on the forum and you will get some advice.
Also have a look at http://www.rla.org.uk/ for more help and advice.

Cheers

John

John wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
...

I could have, if I'd known - we're very new to all this ) We
signed up with Countrywide Residential Letting to manage the
property for us and they have just sent us our monthly rental
statement, minus £75, but no explanation. When my wife queried it
they said it was for sending their man to do the safety
certification, and apparently this doesn't include a service of the
appliances, just the certification. Thanks for your prices though
John )

Hi Dave,
Glad to be of assistance. I would query the £75 cost as
this seems expensive to me. I have rented properties out now since
2002 and have never paid more than £50 for my certificates (although
my properties have a maximum of 3 appliances). I used to use a
company at first and their the guy who used to do it went independent
so I use him now and he charges me £40 per property. As you are new
to the rental 'game' you may want to bookmark this site
http://www.landlordzone.co.uk . I find it useful if you have any
questions you can ask on the forum and you will get some advice. Also
have a look at http://www.rla.org.uk/ for more help and advice.
Cheers

John

Thanks a lot my friend, that's excellent )

"John" wrote in message
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"Dave" wrote in message
...

I could have, if I'd known - we're very new to all this ) We signed up
with Countrywide Residential Letting to manage the property for us and
they have just sent us our monthly rental statement, minus £75, but no
explanation. When my wife queried it they said it was for sending their
man to do the safety certification, and apparently this doesn't include a
service of the appliances, just the certification. Thanks for your prices
though John )

Hi Dave,
Glad to be of assistance. I would query the £75 cost as this
seems expensive to me.

It will include their fee for instructing the man to do it.

It an MA does anything for you, you can expect a bill of twice what it would
cost to do yourself.

tim

In message , Dave
writes
Dave wrote:
We own a property that we rent out and need to have the gas appliances
serviced - there's a boiler, two fires (Robinson Willey Firegem Visa)
and a hob. I don't know any gas people so it's just going to have to
be a "close eyes and stick a pin in yellow pages" sort of a thing.

Can anyone give me a sort of rough guide as to what would be a
reasonable price for this just so that I know I'm not going to be
taken for a ride? And yes, I'm going to change the gas fires for
electric ones but that can't be done immediately.

TIA,
Dave

Doh, sorry - should have said that I'm in Preston, Lancashire, 'cos I know
that labour rates vary around the country.



Not sure how far they are from you but these people seem to know what
they are doing

I might be able to find someone closer tomorrow, but I would be happy to
recommend these people

Total Gas Safety
23-27 Segars lane
Ainsdale
Southport
PR8 3JA
01704 577700



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geoff

In message , Dave
writes
We own a property that we rent out and need to have the gas appliances
serviced - there's a boiler, two fires (Robinson Willey Firegem Visa) and a
hob. I don't know any gas people so it's just going to have to be a "close
eyes and stick a pin in yellow pages" sort of a thing.

Can anyone give me a sort of rough guide as to what would be a reasonable
price for this just so that I know I'm not going to be taken for a ride? And
yes, I'm going to change the gas fires for electric ones but that can't be
done immediately.

Where are you?

I'll see if I have any fitters on my database in your area I can
actually recommend

Offlist if you want, email is valid


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geoff

geoff wrote:
In message , Dave
writes
We own a property that we rent out and need to have the gas
appliances serviced - there's a boiler, two fires (Robinson Willey
Firegem Visa) and a hob. I don't know any gas people so it's just
going to have to be a "close eyes and stick a pin in yellow pages"
sort of a thing. Can anyone give me a sort of rough guide as to what
would be a
reasonable price for this just so that I know I'm not going to be
taken for a ride? And yes, I'm going to change the gas fires for
electric ones but that can't be done immediately.

Where are you?

I'll see if I have any fitters on my database in your area I can
actually recommend

Offlist if you want, email is valid

Hi Geoff,

I'm in Preston, Lancashire, so Southport is about 20 miles away. If you know
of anyone closer I'd appreciate it sir. Thanks very much.

Dave