Rented accommodation - 5yr or 10yr interval for EICR????

[jdd]

Me personally 5 years max on domestic RENTED. 10 years MAX domestic on OWNER OCCUPIED.

Obviously not a black and white rule, just a rule of thumb really.

Guitarist has hit nail on head. You are the person on site making the judgement, everything else is just guidance.

 

[Guest55]

Got some serious debate going on about this. For domestic installations, Guidance Note 3 states "Maximum period between inspections and testing as necessary" = Change of occupancy/10 years. For commercial installations, Guidance Note 3 states "Maximum period between inspections and testing as necessary" = Change of occupancy/5 years.
The thing is - Is a rented property classed as "Domestic" or "Commercial" ??? Does anyone know of any definitive documentation on this? NICEIC sit on the fence as usual. Various insurance firms have conflicting opinions. I suspect opinions on here will be divided also, but am hopeful one of you clever chaps will be able to give a definitive answer.

Picking up the second question in this post , regarding domestic or commercial ?
Well the oxford dictionary definition of a commercial premises is somewhere that produces goods or services to sell.
So a domestic property is not considered commercial regardless of whether the inhabitants are owners or renters.
Clearly a too difficult concept for the NIC helpdesk monkeys to grasp lol.

 

[Guest55]

Of course , if the tenents are running a business from home it sort of buggers up my explanation :-D

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Of course , if the tenents are running a business from home it sort of buggers up my explanation :-D

Like the oldest trade in the world ....!

 

[Guest55]

PIR frequency on a brothel ?
That will be a good one to ask your assessor.
I'd say weekly ;-D

 

[SPARTYKUS]

A full one I assume.