Landlord Certificates and Boiler Repair in South Croydon
South Croydon is the most rented part of our patch, and that changes what we get called for. A lot of the large Victorian and Edwardian houses here were divided into flats decades ago, which means more landlords, more gas safety certificates, and more boilers squeezed into places nobody would choose to put one.
What we do in South Croydon
- Landlord gas safety certificates in South Croydon
- Boiler repair in South Croydon
- Boiler servicing in South Croydon
- Emergency plumbing in South Croydon
- Bathroom installation in South Croydon
Housing in South Croydon, and what it means for your heating
Victorian and Edwardian terraces near the centre, plus substantial period houses along roads like The Waldrons that have largely been converted into flats. Conversions bring their own problems: gas runs threaded through a building that was never designed for four separate meters, boilers in cupboards with marginal ventilation, and flue terminations that have to clear a neighbour's window rather than just the wall.
- Croydon has had a borough wide Article 4 direction since January 2020 covering small house-to-HMO conversions. It is a planning matter rather than a gas one, but it is worth knowing before you split a property, because the gas safety obligations arrive with the tenancy either way.
- The Waldrons is a conservation area with its own Article 4 direction, which restricts what can be changed at the front. Where that limits a flue route we work it out before quoting.
- For rented flats we contact the tenant and arrange access ourselves. Landlords with several units in one building usually want them done in one visit, which is cheaper and far less hassle for everyone.
- Every gas appliance in the property is in scope for the certificate, including a decorative gas fire in a room nobody uses.
The work we do most in South Croydon
Landlord gas safety certificates are the biggest single category here, often several flats in the same converted house on one visit. Alongside that there is a constant run of boiler repairs in rented flats, where the call usually comes from the tenant and the invoice goes to the landlord, so we keep both informed and log the access attempts. The period terraces bring the trickier installation work: an old back boiler behind a fireplace, a flue that has to clear a neighbouring window, or a gas supply that was sized for one household and now feeds three.
Getting to you
South Croydon is two miles north of us up the Brighton Road, and it is inside the standard callout area. No travel charge, and portfolio landlords booking several properties in one run pay less per property.
We also cover
Around South Croydon we regularly work in Croydon, Selsdon, Waddon, Addington and Shirley. Same prices, same engineers.
Questions we get asked in South Croydon
Can you do several flats in one building on one visit?
Yes, and it is the sensible way to do it. One visit, one trip, certificates emailed the same day, and it costs less per property than booking them separately. Give us the addresses and the tenant numbers and we arrange the access.
What if the tenant will not let you in?
We try three times and log every attempt, then send you the written record. That record is what shows you took reasonable steps, which is the thing that protects you if it is ever questioned.
Does a gas fire in the flat need including?
Yes. Every gas appliance and its flue is in scope, including a decorative fire that has not been lit in years. Leaving one off the certificate is one of the more common ways landlords get caught out.
Do you work on boilers in converted flats?
Regularly. The usual complications are ventilation in a cupboard installation and where the flue can safely terminate, both of which we check before quoting rather than on the day.
Customers in and around South Croydon
Brilliant company - Steve and Charlie are knowledgeable, reliable, friendly and clean and tidy! Rare in most trades. Recommended to all my friends and family and will use again. Thanks for being amazing. Had major building work done and nothing was too much trouble, new boiler, new bathrooms, new water pipes.Frances20101
Had a rat problem at my elderly nans house & found the bath waste had a huge hole in it. Steve Came round at short notice , replaced it. Clean tidy great job at a very reasonable priceJamie Spencer
After being messed around by a different company, we were recommended Go Fix and we couldn't be happier with the work they have done. Friendly, clean and they turned up everyday on time which seems hard to come by these days.Brad
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