Private Sector Housing (advice)
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Information and advice about rented properties and what standard you should expect in your home.
If you have any problems with the condition of your rented home, please inform your landlord first. If you do not receive a satisfactory response, please contact us for help or advice. You can email housing@fylde.gov.uk, call the Housing Team on 01253 658658 or if you would prefer, you should write to:
Housing Services
The Town Hall
Lytham St Anne's
Lancashire
FY8 1LW
Housing Conditions
We can advise and as a final resort take enforcement action to repair homes, which are unfit for human habitation or in serious disrepair. However, you should always attempt to resolve the matter with your landlord first.
Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)
For further information, see Fylde Borough Council's current HMO amenity standards. These can be downloaded to the right of this page. (Download available soon)
HMO - Fire precautions - are available to download to the right of this page.
Defective Gas Appliances
All gas appliances have to be checked annually by a Gas Safety Registered installer. A Landlord's Gas Safety Certificate must be issued and a copy left with the tenant.
If you smell gas or are affected by combustion fumes call Transco free on 0800 111999 without delay.
If your gas appliance breaks down, inform your landlord first. If you do not receive a satisfactory response, please contact us for help or advice.
Further advice about gas safety can be obtained from the Health and Safety Executive
Electrical Safety
Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 requires that the electrical installation in a rented property is:
- Safe when a tenancy begins and
- Maintained in a safe condition throughout the tenancy.
The Landlords and Tenants Act 1985 makes it an implied term of every tenancy that the landlord will “keep in repair the structure and exterior” of the property and “keep in repair and proper working order the installations in the dwelling-house for the supply of water, gas and electricity, and for sanitation, space heating and heating water”.
The landlord cannot make the tenant responsible for these repairs.
Housing Health and Safety Rating System
You must comply with the requirements of the Housing Act 2004, including identifying areas where work is required and carrying out any remedial actions/work, before the local authority carries out an inspection. Should a health and safety problem be identified, the inspecting officer can take enforcement action against you.
Part P of the Building Regulations (England and Wales)
In January 2005, the Government introduced electrical safety rules for dwellings into Building Regulations for England and Wales. Because of this, most fixed electrical installation work carried out in homes must, by law, meet the Building Regulations.
More information on electrical safety can be found in the following LACORS guidance document “Landlords Guide to Electrical Safety”,this can be dowloaded to the right of this page.
