Short lets
What decides the electrical scope of a short let?
The Airbnb article is about that marketing name. This page is the step before it: identify the letting and the installation, instead of assuming the brochure has chosen the rules.
Reviewed 5 October 2026 by Michael (Technical Supervisor) and George Opsenica (Director, Codeex Maintenance Ltd). General guidance, not a reading of your own report and not legal advice.
Review details
- Michael: electrical guidance within the recorded review scope.
- George Opsenica: service information and presentation.
- George Opsenica: service information and presentation.
The label is not the regime
A marketing label such as short let, serviced apartment or Airbnb does not by itself decide the electrical-safety regime.
Whether a short let is a specified tenancy depends on the agreement and applicable law.
Confirm the applicable duties and recommended inspection date for the property and its use.
Serviced accommodation is not one electrical regime.
Four questions before you assume a regime
1. What does the advert say?
Short let, serviced apartment and Airbnb are marketing words. Keep them separate from the agreement.
2. What does the agreement say?
A specified tenancy is a legal category. Check the legal status of the actual agreement.
3. What is the premises?
A dwelling let as a home is a different scope from serviced rooms or a hotel-style operation. Hotels stay outside this article.
4. What is being tested?
The fixed installation is an EICR question. Portable appliances the operator supplies are not that installation.
Identify the letting and the installation
If the agreement is a specified tenancy of a dwelling, the landlord duty is the landlord page's subject. If it is not, this page does not invent a replacement interval. Hotel operations are outside this article.
| Question | Why it matters | What not to assume |
|---|---|---|
| Who is the occupier, and on what agreement? | A specified tenancy is a legal category, not a nightly rate | That every short stay is a specified tenancy |
| Is the operator letting a dwelling, or running serviced rooms? | The agreement and the premises can differ from the advert | That serviced means one set of rules |
| Whose fixed installation is being used? | The EICR describes that installation | That a platform's house rules are the EICR |
| Are guests using portable appliances the operator supplies? | Those items are not the fixed installation | That PAT replaces an EICR |
| Is there a commercial plant room or a hotel-style operation? | That scope is commercial, and it is not decided here | A private-rented interval for a hotel |
Then open the page that matches
Airbnb as a label is discussed on EICR and Airbnb lets. A specified tenancy of a dwelling is the landlord EICR service. A commercial operation is the commercial EICR service.
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