No – unless you…
- …already have the appliances or have agreed with the (prospective) tenant to provide the appliances
- …are willing to comply with The Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 and The Plugs and Sockets etc. (Safety) Regulations 1994 which includes checking the appliances, providing the tenant with the ‘required documents’ and arranging any periodic inspection and testing {electrical appliances}
- …are willing to comply with General Product Safety Regulations 2005 {all appliances}
- …are willing to comply with The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 {gas appliances}
- …willing to repair or replace the appliances when they become defective or beyond economical repair. Whilst landlords do not have a legal obligation to maintain an appliance connected to an installation (other than gas appliances as above), there is an ‘expectation’ amongst many tenants that as the appliance was supplied by the landlord, it should be repaired or replaced by the landlord. A special condition pointing this out can be added to the tenancy agreement but that may not alter the tenant’s expectations. Should the appliance need to be removed from the property at a later date (beyond repair, tenant replacing etc.), it would be unreasonable to expect the tenant to arrange and pay for the disposal. {non-gas appliances}
- …make copies of the manuals available for the tenant
Integrated appliances should always be left in the property.
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