PAT Testing for Landlords & Holiday Lets in Wales

PAT Testing for Landlords & Holiday Lets Across Wales

If you let property in Wales, whether that's a flat, a house, an HMO or a holiday cottage, you have a duty to make sure the electrical appliances you provide are safe for the people staying in it. PreventaShock provides PAT testing for landlords and holiday-let owners across South and West Wales, with clear certificates for your records, letting agents and booking platforms, and visits arranged around tenancies and changeovers.

Do landlords legally need PAT testing?

It's one of the most common questions we're asked, and the honest answer is: not by name, but the duty behind it is real, and in Wales the wider electrical rules are stricter than many landlords realise.

No law specifically requires landlords to PAT test the appliances they provide. What you do have is a general duty to make sure any appliance you supply with the property, cookers, fridges, washing machines, kettles, lamps and the rest, is safe, and PAT testing is the recognised, practical way of showing that duty has been met. A dated certificate listing every tested item is exactly the kind of evidence letting agents ask for, and the kind you'll be glad of if anything is ever questioned.

It's worth being clear on what this doesn't cover, because the two often get mixed up. The fixed electrical installation, the wiring, sockets, consumer unit, is a separate matter, and in Wales it is a legal requirement: under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016, rented homes must have the installation inspected and tested at least every five years, with an EICR (Electrical Installation Condition Report) provided to the contract-holder. That's an electrician's job rather than a PAT test, but it sits alongside PAT testing, not instead of it. The EICR covers the building; PAT testing covers the appliances you put in it.

PAT testing for holiday lets

Holiday lets have their own version of the same duty, and arguably more reason to stay on top of it. Guests arrive expecting everything to work and to be safe, your appliances see heavy, unfamiliar use week after week, and booking platforms and insurers increasingly expect to see safety paperwork in order. We test holiday cottages, caravans, glamping sites and B&Bs across South and West Wales, and we'll work around your changeover days so testing never costs you a booking.

How it works

We test every portable appliance supplied with the property, replace any incorrect fuses free of charge as we go, and label and log every item. You get a clear certificate listing everything tested, which does three jobs at once: it satisfies your letting agent, it gives your tenants or guests confidence, and it sits in your file as evidence your duty has been met. Many landlords have us test between tenancies; holiday-let owners tend to prefer a set visit once a year, often before the season starts. Either way, if you've several properties, we'll happily cover them in one round.

Across South and West Wales

We look after landlords and holiday lets throughout the region, from the cities and towns where most rental property sits, out to the coastal and rural areas where the holiday lets are. You'll find more on the areas we cover on our main PAT testing page, along with what testing involves and what it costs.

Get in touch

Need PAT testing for a rental property or holiday let? Get in touch with a rough idea of the property and its appliances, and we'll sort a time and a price.