Portable Appliance Testing : PAT for short

An incorrectly repaired plug

PAT stands for Portable Appliance Testing. A portable appliance is basically any appliance with a plug attached to it. For example personal computers, and their equipment (monitor, speakers etc), kettles, irons, leads, cables, toasters, printers, etc There is a very good and informative web-site here from which you can see that PAT testing is mainly […]

Day 4 – Is your property in a proper condition?

Tessa's 21 days of tips for Lodger Landlords - day 4

The condition of your property ‘Proper landlords’, i.e. landlords of separate properties let under tenancies such as assured shorthold tenancies, are bound by what are known as the ‘statutory repairing covenants’. These are a set of rules set out in section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. However, you will be happy to […]