Struggling with Landlord certs

[IND_Nick]

I'm in Manchester and charge £60+. Never bothers me if they say too much as, like you have identified, it can take some time to do them properly. Just charge what you want to be paid, don't worry about anymore else.

 

[Scott_D]

I think you may be going above and beyond. My certs dont have any electrical check boxes.
Its basic safety check, flues in loft, tightness test
I allow 1 hours for a boiler and hob/cooker, an extra hour if there is a fire. If I know the property i complete most of the paperwork the night before and enter any readigs taken on the day.

 

[Harvest Fields]

How much is it in your area?

Anywhere between £55 and £115 by me.

 

[Timmy D]

Really just want to say, well done for asking, rather than bottling it up.

 

[kasser]

That's my area, we charge £65+VAT for a Landlords.

That's nearly £80 and same as what a PP is charging in London. I'm surprised you're getting these stingy landlords to pay that. But good for you.

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

That's nearly £80 and same as what a PP is charging in London. I'm surprised you're getting these stingy landlords to pay that. But good for you.

We don’t do any for letting agents, just private landlords.

Tbh we were considering putting our prices up to £70+VAT. They aren’t worth the hassle, trying to gain access etc. and you get little work in return too.

 

[kasser]

What about the other aspect of the job, having to cap off appliances? I doubt it makes anybody happy and will most likely kill off any repeat business.

I did a cert on a rental once where there were gaping holes around the flue. I was just going to blame the previous engineer for allowing it to remain like this but then realised I did the same thing and the next engineer will blame me too. I did AR but wasn't allowed to turn off, so LL probably carried on as usual.

 

[Gasmk1]

I used to charge £50.00 for up to 2 appliances then £15.00 for each extra one. I have always been of a mind that what I charge is correct if the customer ( landlord ) doesn’t agree then crack on and get someone else.

 

[Jerry]

£85+VAT for 2 appliances. Additional appliance are £25+VAT.

I sue the Anton Sprint software (Free!) and have a big phone (with stylus). This allows me to fill the forms pretty quickly. You can even scan barcodes too!

But saying that, my prices have been the same for the last 5 years.

And I should charge more for gas fires as an additional appliance....

 

[tonka007]

How about charge for no access visits please?