There has been a lot about EICR in last few weeks, and there has even before that been arguments galore on when it is C2 or C3 a C3 says there is a item which may need addressing but it is still OK to use, and a C2 says it is not satisfactory.
They were designed as an aid to the home owner as to what needed doing when, they were never intended as a legal document saying if home can be used, and any error in coding was not really a problem, it was the text that mattered. There is a
Best Practice Guide aimed as electricians, but it is a guide not a law, so two electricians can do a report and they will it is hoped both pick up on the same items, but one will code it C2 and the other C3. There is also an argument what is in his remit, personally I consider loads and loads of adaptors in a socket it nothing to do with the EICR they are not part of the fixed wiring. Also an immersion heater without a non resettable over temperature cut out is not necessary a failure, it depends on the plumbing, with a metal or thermal setting header tank it's not a problem, only with a thermal plastic is it a problem.
So we have
Best Practice Guide said:
Inadequate number of socket-outlets. (Note: A Code C3 or, where appropriate C2, if extension leads run through doorways, walls or windows, or under carpets, or are otherwise being used in an unsafe manner)
now anyone with any sense would simply unplug the items, there is no real need to code it. Unless it is some essential equipment, and in my house before I moved in some one has fitted a very neat extension lead from kitchen to hall to power router including making a cover so not damaged as it goes under kitchen door, it is not dangerous, but is not really what I want, really it was a daft place to put the phone socket, it is on my to do list and has been on it for a year, but if renting I would have 28 days.
So you need some one with a little sense who will ensure safe to rent but will use some common sense, I thought I was going to need to rent out my mothers house, we needed the income from it to help pay for her care, and also make her feel it was temporary even though it was not, and she could move back. Getting in rent-able was a nightmare, we got an agent to come and have a look, and it was that hob is no good you need 4 rings, the loo door is no good if you get your eye on the gap on sliding door you can see in. And the list went on, as it transpired she died so house sold.
My advice is start with a letting agent, see what they say needs doing, I know you will need an EICR and if gas a gas report but we after mothers house decided when we moved the old house was to be sold, clearly the government does not want people to rent out houses or they would not have made rules and laws like they have.
