At a glance
- Property Maintenance covers day-to-day repairs, contractor supervision, and organising your gas safety, EPC and electrical safety certificates.
- These certificates are legal requirements: a gas safety check every 12 months and an electrical report at least every five years.[1][2]
- Our fees for arranging them are listed: EPC £95.00, gas safety certificate £85.00, electrical safety certificate £150.00.
Rules and figures last checked October 2026.
What Property Maintenance covers
- Day-to-day repairs: reporting, arranging and following up.
- Contractor supervision, so the work is done and done properly.
- The certificates: organising the gas safety, EPC and electrical safety certificates a let property needs.
It is available alongside our letting services. For a tenancy we run end to end, see Full Management, which includes inspections every four months and maintenance handling.
The certificates, what they are and what we charge
| Certificate | How often | Our fee |
|---|---|---|
| Gas safety (Gas Safe registered engineer) | Every 12 months[1] | £85.00 |
| Electrical installation condition report | At least every 5 years, and before a new tenancy[2] | £150.00 |
| Energy Performance Certificate | Valid for 10 years; needed before marketing[3] | £95.00 |
Repairs the law expects
Under section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 you must keep in repair the structure and exterior, the water, gas, electricity and sanitation installations, and the space and water heating.[5] Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms must work from the first day of a tenancy.[6]
- 1
Check what your property needs
Compare your certificates against the table above.
- 2
Ask us to arrange them
Contact our lettings team to book gas, electrical or EPC work.
- 3
Think about the whole picture
See services and fees for how maintenance fits with the letting levels.
Sources
Every figure and rule above comes from one of these, read in October 2026. The dates are the ones each publisher shows as when the page was last updated.
- [1]Gas safety: landlords and letting agents (opens in a new tab)Health and Safety Executive · page updated 6 November 2024
- [2]The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, regulation 3 (opens in a new tab)legislation.gov.uk
- [3]A guide to energy performance certificates for the marketing, sale and let of dwellings (opens in a new tab)GOV.UK · page updated 11 December 2017
- [4]Electrical safety standards in the private and social rented sectors: guidance (opens in a new tab)GOV.UK (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) · page updated 1 November 2025 (published)
- [5]Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, section 11: repairing obligations in short leases (opens in a new tab)legislation.gov.uk
- [6]The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015: Q&A booklet (as amended in 2022) (opens in a new tab)GOV.UK (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) · page updated 29 July 2022
This is a general guide to the rules in England, not legal or tax advice. Your own circumstances, and your lease or mortgage terms, may change what applies, so check the sources below or speak to a solicitor or accountant before you act.