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Error Message : Component defective Due to it being Christmas took a few days to get through to them but they booked me in for 28/12/2023 to run their own diagnostics. 28/12/2023 Took car in to Trade Centre so could check the car – They agreed it was the Oxygen Sensor and Booked me in for repair on 30/01/2024. I was told they had no earlier slots, and I would be fine to carry on driving car when I said I was afraid of problem worse. During diagnosing the problem, they reset the Engine Management Light. During drive home light comes back on. 29/12/2023 - 29/01/2024 I carry on driving the car but closer to the date, engine goes to reduced power every now and again – not being a mechanic I presumed that this was due to above fault. 20/01/2024 Not expecting any more problems paid off the finance on the car using personal loan from bank with lower interest rate. 30/01/2024 Trade Centre replace to O2 sensor (They also take it on a roughly 60mile road trip which seems a bit excessive to me – I can’t prove this as something prompted me take a picture of milage when I handed car in but I forgot take one on collection – only remembered next day.) 06/02/2024 Engine goes in reduced power mode again and engine management light comes on – Thinking the Trade centre’s 28 day warranty period was over I booked the car the into local garage for the next day to get problem fixed under the lifetime warranty package. Fault seems to clear after engine was switched off. 07/02/2024 In the Morning, I take it to local garage who say as the light gone off – the warranty company is unlikely to cover the cost of the repair or diagnostics and recommend I contact them when the light comes back on. In the evening the light comes back on and luckily I manage to get it back to the garage just before it shuts for the day. 08/02/2024 The Garage sends me a diagnostics video showing a lot error codes been picked up by their diagnostics machine including codes for Oxygen sensor and Nox Sensors, Accelerator pedal and several more. Video also shows EGR Hose not connected to the intake manifold properly, they believed this was confusing the onboard system as it is unlikely this many sensors would trigger at same the time but they couldn’t be certain until they repaired the hose. 13/02/2024 Finally get the car back as it took a while to get approval and payment for the repairs from the Warranty company. Garage told me to keep an eye the car as errors had cleared with the hose but couldn’t 100% certain that’s what caused the problem. 06/03/2024 Engine management light comes on again. Fed up I go into Trade Centre as I was just around the corner when it happened and asked them how to reject the car or have the problem fixed. They insist that as it’s over 28 days I need to get the car fixed under the warranty package I purchased and they could no longer fix the car as it was over 28 days. When I tried telling them it appeared to be the same or related problem they said they couldn’t help as I hadn’t contacted them earlier. I asked them if they were willing to connect the car to the diagnostics machine and tell me what the problem was, as a goodwill gesture, which he agreed to do and took the car to the back He came back around 30 minutes later and said they took a look at the sensor they replaced previously and there was nothing wrong with it and engine management light went off when they removed the sensor to check it. When I asked what the error code he couldn’t give me an exact fault but the said it one of the problems I told him earlier (Accelerator pedal). I have this visit audio recorded on my phone – I informed the reps I was recording several times. As the light wasn’t on, local garage couldn’t book me for a repair under warranty. 07/03/2024 Light came on so managed to book back into local garage for the 12/03/2024 Whilst waiting to take car into garage, I borrowed a OBD sensor and scanned for errors on the car. This showed the following errors: P11BE – Manufacturer specific code (Google showed this to be NOX sensor) P0133 - Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor B1 S1: Response too Slow 12/03/2024 Took car to local garage and the confirmed the above errors. This leads me to believe that either Trade Centre UK reps lied and just reset the light or just didn’t check properly (Obviously I am unable to prove this) 22/03/2024 Finally got the car back as according to garage, the warranty company took a long to time to pay for the repairs 28/04/2024 Engine management Light has come back on. Using the borrowed OBD scanner I am getting the following codes: P0133 - Oxygen (Lambda) Sensor B1 S1: Response too Slow P2138 - Accelerator Position Sensors (G79) / (G185): Implausible Correlation I have not yet booked into a garage as I wanted to see what my rights are in terms of rejecting the car as to me the faults seem related. I can’t keep using taxi or train to get to work every time the car goes into the garage as it is getting very expensive. Am I right in thinking that they have used up their chance to repair when they conducted the repair end of January or when they refused to repair it in February ? If I am still able to reject the vehicle could you point to any sample letters or emails I can use. Thankyou for your advice on my next steps.
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Can anyone advise what is the going rate regarding the cost of getting a Landlords Gas safety certificate?

 

The property is in the North Manchester area

GE Money S.A.R - (Subject Access Request) issued 21/11/06. Responded 01/12/06. Prelim sent 05/12/06 £406. Response 12/12/06- **SETTLED IN FULL** (£396)

HSBC S.A.R - (Subject Access Request) issued 05/12/06. NO charges in last 6 years.

Lowell CCA issued 21/11/06. Further reminder sent 8/12/06. Now commited criminal offence no response.

Capital One S.A.R - (Subject Access Request) sent 08/12/06 Responded 03/01/07-Prelim Sent 16/01/07. LBA issued 06/02/07- N1 served 07/03/07- acknowledged 14/03/07.

Scotcall CCA issued 16/01/07. Criminal offence committed.

HFC Prelim sent 16/01/07. LBA sent- Final Correspondance issued with time limit of 29/03/07.

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1 boiler

 

2 gas fires

GE Money S.A.R - (Subject Access Request) issued 21/11/06. Responded 01/12/06. Prelim sent 05/12/06 £406. Response 12/12/06- **SETTLED IN FULL** (£396)

HSBC S.A.R - (Subject Access Request) issued 05/12/06. NO charges in last 6 years.

Lowell CCA issued 21/11/06. Further reminder sent 8/12/06. Now commited criminal offence no response.

Capital One S.A.R - (Subject Access Request) sent 08/12/06 Responded 03/01/07-Prelim Sent 16/01/07. LBA issued 06/02/07- N1 served 07/03/07- acknowledged 14/03/07.

Scotcall CCA issued 16/01/07. Criminal offence committed.

HFC Prelim sent 16/01/07. LBA sent- Final Correspondance issued with time limit of 29/03/07.

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Big Man here the on site Corgi engineer, check out my profile, I normally charge about £45, depending how many appliances, and more important how pretty the lady is. :cool::p;)

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Can anyone advise what is the going rate regarding the cost of getting a Landlords Gas safety certificate?

 

The property is in the North Manchester area

 

If you look around you will be able to find plumbers that do the certs for a fixed amount regardless of the number of appliances.

 

I work for a letting agent and we've found a CORGI plumber that does certs for £45 regardless of the number of appliances.

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Big Man here the on site Corgi engineer, check out my profile, I normally charge about £45, depending how many appliances, and more important how pretty the lady is. :cool::p;)

 

 

I knew thats how you guy's worked! I pay £45 typically, but then the guy gets all the repair work and new installs, I'm not that good looking so I have to sweeten the deal.

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Can anyone advise what is the going rate regarding the cost of getting a Landlords Gas safety certificate?

 

The property is in the North Manchester area

 

I ordered my Gas Safety Certificate from Letting a Property. They have a network of local plumbers and charge from £55 + vat for a landlords gas safety certificate.

 

You could also try British Gas or your local directory.

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They are very expensive best using a local company.

 

I thought about using the local plumber but they could not offer boiler cover on top of the Gas Safety Certificate. I am not too keen on BG from past experiences so decided to give homeserve a go. The service has been better.

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I ordered my Gas Safety Certificate from Letting a Property. They recommend homeserve - quick response.

 

You could also try British Gas or your local directory.

 

 

Why pay £85 + VAT? The check takes 30minutes tops! Even less if there is just a cooker in the flat.

 

I have just had 5 done in London for £150.

 

They typically charge £39 for a standard Landlord Gas Certificate or Safety Check.

 

Lovely man who did the checks aswell.

If anyones interested they are here:

 

click---> gas safety certificate

 

Get someone who is Gas Safe registered

 

Check their ID card aswell.

 

You'll get discounts for multiple properties :)

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Why pay £85 + VAT? The check takes 30minutes tops! Even less if there is just a cooker in the flat.

 

I have just had 5 done in London for £170.

 

They typically charge £39 for a standard Landlord Gas Certificate or Safety Check.

 

Lovely man who did the checks aswell.

 

If anyones interested they are here: Gas Certificate London

 

Get someone who is Gas Safe registered

 

Check their ID card aswell.

 

You'll get discounts for multiple properties :)

 

 

Hi, I see the above company cover Slough and Watford but I am based in Amersham, Is that covered aswell please? I have contacted the number but it was engaged!

 

Thank you.

 

 

Yes Slough and Watford are also covered as are some other areas around London. We have properties on the outskirts of London too.

 

Hope that helps!

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I just wanted to put a note in here about the company that Sandhu40 suggests using - I have previously followed this thread and made use of the recommendation/weblink in here:

 

During the colder months, I had no choice but to get this boiler serviced and the Gas Safety Certificate (both things that the LL had failed to do since the start of the tenancy). I got in touch with this company, and, despite me being outside of their normal area of operation, they came out to me the next day.

 

Their overall charge was very, very reasonable and they really were nice people to do business with.

 

As a tenant, I can strongly recommend them. :)

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Why pay £85 + VAT? The check takes 30minutes tops! Even less if there is just a cooker in the flat.

 

I have just had 5 done in London for £150.

 

They typically charge £39 for a standard Landlord Gas Certificate or Safety Check.

 

Lovely man who did the checks aswell.

 

If anyones interested they are here:

 

click---> gas safety certificate

 

Get someone who is Gas Safe registered

 

Check their ID card aswell.

 

You'll get discounts for multiple properties :)

 

 

£39 to check that a gas boiler is safe, and issue a certificate that confirms its safety???!!!! Who in their right mind would charge so little for a task that requires due dilligence. I have been picking up some inspections from a previous engineer who spent fewer than 10 minutes on each job. I know he didn't do it properly as some appliances failed. He charged at least £55. Now, who knows how long their engineer takes and whether he checked your boiler properly. If he spends a little longer and charges a little more, may I suggest he probably was more dilligent.

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Why pay £85 + VAT? The check takes 30minutes tops! Even less if there is just a cooker in the flat.

 

I have just had 5 done in London for £150.

 

They typically charge £39 for a standard Landlord Gas Certificate or Safety Check.

 

Lovely man who did the checks aswell.

 

If anyones interested they are here:

 

click---> gas safety certificate

 

Get someone who is Gas Safe registered

 

Check their ID card aswell.

 

You'll get discounts for multiple properties :)

 

 

Hi,

 

My name is Laila and I am a landlady in London. I have 3 properties and I needed a gas cetificate and an EPC issued. I used this engineer (who is an independent gas engineer regsitered with Gas Safe and also registered on the EPC registration website- I know- I checked) for my gas and EPC certificates. The estate agent I use has also used his service a few months ago.

 

I can say that I received a good sevice and I will be using him again for further gas certificates. I also not that he is able to issue electrical certificates so this is handy.

 

Pricewise I couldn't find lower. Service was overall acceptable. Payment method used was cash.

 

I have also left a good review on Freeindex.

 

I hope this post helps someone as it helped me.

 

Laila

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£39 to check that a gas boiler is safe, and issue a certificate that confirms its safety???!!!! Who in their right mind would charge so little for a task that requires due dilligence. I have been picking up some inspections from a previous engineer who spent fewer than 10 minutes on each job. I know he didn't do it properly as some appliances failed. He charged at least £55. Now, who knows how long their engineer takes and whether he checked your boiler properly. If he spends a little longer and charges a little more, may I suggest he probably was more dilligent.

 

 

I think your post is somewhat out of date. The charge I was invoiced with is as follows:

 

£35 gas safety inspection

£39 energy performance certificate

£6 smoke alarm

 

Total £80.

 

No charge was made for parking.

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thought i shud follow up to my post a few months back.

 

i used the company suggested for four of my properties and was given a slight discount.

 

to help everyone on the board here (without having the need to click on the website) they also do epc energy performance certificates, pat testing (if you so need that doing) electrical certificates, smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms. also floor plans and invetories if you're a serious landlord or an agent.

 

hope thats at least helped someone out.

 

prices are reasonable I would say in this climate

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