Hi It amazes me that people are still ignorant of gas safety.All properties I purchase I install gas central heating and externally vented boilers , and take out gas fires so this the CO problem is removed as I understand.The boiler vents CO externally. This is probably more expensive if there is a good system already installed and buying a co monitor Paul

Hello everybody, this is my first post ever but as a BTL landlord I am amazed at the nievity of the comments made about CO detectors and in fact smoke detectors in general. We all know that they are a good idea and in fact everyone of my properties are fitted with these detectors beore a tenant takes possession. HOWEVER!! it is my experience that all but 1 in 10 tenents always and I mean ALWAYS dismantle or disable these alarms as they are INCONVENIENT to them when cooking or some other excuse. The fact is that although they are there for their own protection for some reason they dont want them which leaves landlords in a position that we can be prosecuted by the authorities for the said detectors not being operational even though we cannot ensure that the tenants will not disable them other than by visiting and checking them everyday.

Once again we are left the field of DOO DOO because government do not have an ounce of sense between the lot of them, and what seems a good idea in theory never works in practice. Its about time that the government employed people that have experience in this field of BTL to make reports not some college grad who has never had any experience of business or reality other than on some gameboy.

This is and always will be BullS@@@ and BTL landlords will once again be srewed by the very people we pay the wages for in our taxes, "The Government" !!!HA HA!!! Ludicrous

It isn't accurate to say landlords are open to prosecution if their tenants dismantle a fitted smoke alarm, which was tested and verified in good working order when the tenancy began. In fact, tenants leave themselves open to serious criminal and financial liabilities if they interfere with smoke alarms (providing this is adequately covered in the tenancy agreement). This is all about due diligence, and landlords that install and test the good operation of a smoke alarm at the outset and attend promptly to any reported faults during the tenancy will have fulfilled their obligation. I do not believe any court in the land would prosecute a landlord, if it is found that the tenant has interfered with a working alarm and thus reduced its effectiveness.

Tony B