…. and should Barnstaple landlords & Barnstaple homeowners be worried? In 2019, the private rented sector accounted for just over four and a half million households or 19.9% of UK households, no change from the year before. Interesting, when compared to the proportion of private rented households in the 1980’s and 1990’s, when the proportion […]
The Government has proposed detailed regulations for enforcing mandatory five-year electrical safety checks in the private rented sector from July this year. The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 were laid in Parliament yesterday. They require approval from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords before they come into […]