New tenancy
What should you check when a new tenancy is close?
The new-tenant article is about whether a new tenancy needs its own report. The emergency article is about an urgent safety question. This page is the sequence for a start date that is near and a file that is unclear.
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.
No same-day promise
Tell the office your deadline so availability can be checked. An approaching tenancy date does not remove applicable electrical safety duties.
The office checks availability before confirming an appointment.
The published appointment windows are Morning 09:00–12:00, Afternoon 12:00–16:00 and After 4pm 16:00–19:00.
Name the problem before you book
A compliance question
The report is past its date, unsatisfactory, or there is no inspection evidence. Closeness to the tenancy does not change that.
A missing copy
A report may exist somewhere else. Ask for that copy before you commission a duplicate inspection.
An electrical danger
That belongs on the emergency page. A move-in date is not an emergency attendance.
A booking question
Use the published morning, afternoon and evening windows. Ask the office about the earliest available visit.
Read the file before you book
Booking uses the published windows above. Whether a new specified tenancy needs the installation inspected before it begins is decided on the new-tenant page, not by how soon the keys are handed over.
| What you have | What to do with it | What not to assume |
|---|---|---|
| A report still inside its next inspection date | Read the extent, limitations and any earlier date the report itself requires | That the start date creates a new certificate |
| A report past that date | Treat it as no longer current and arrange an inspection | That closeness to the tenancy waives the date |
| No copy, but a report may exist | Ask the previous holder for the copy before commissioning a duplicate | That a missing PDF is the same as no inspection |
| An unsatisfactory report | The observations and any remedial evidence are the next question | That a new tenant date repairs the codes |
| No inspection evidence | You do not have a report to rely on | That urgency is an exemption |
The neighbouring questions
Whether a new tenancy needs a report: a new EICR for a new tenant. An urgent safety question, without a same-day offer: emergency EICR certificates. The landlord service: EICR certificates for landlords.
Related pages
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