This is a question to the blog clinic from David, who is a landlord in England.
I have one property. The AST with my tenants will end in a few month’s time. I do not intend to ask them to sign another AST and wish to allow the Agreement to become periodic.
I will protect their deposit again, but do I need a new gas certificate? Is there anything else I need to do?
Answer
Gas safety inspections need to be carried out annually, after which the certificate needs to be given to the tenants.
The date the inspection needs to be done is linked to when it was last carried out, not the end or start date of the tenancy.
So, if you served the gas safety certificate correctly after the inspection was last done, you do not need to re-serve it now. Unless the time for inspection happens to coincide with the end of the tenancy.
Your deposit scheme will no doubt have rules you need to follow when a tenancy runs on as a periodic, so do whatever they require.
The only other thing you need to do is to re-serve the government’s ‘How to Rent booklet’. But only if it has been updated since it was last served on your tenants.
Note that Landlord Law has detailed checklists setting out all the things you need to do when setting up and renewing your tenancy.