HomeSafe Gas
terms and conditions
1. Introduction
Wolverhampton Homes has designed HomeSafe Gas to provide you with peace of mind that your gas appliances are well taken care of. There are a number of service plan options available, ranging from a gas safety check to full maintenance and repair. No matter what plan you opt for, you can rest assured that you will benefit from a first-rate, professional service.
Please make sure that you read these terms and conditions carefully as they, along with the statement confirming the package you have purchased, form the basis of the agreement you have with Wolverhampton Homes.
If anything on your statement is not correct or if you have any questions, please contact us on 01902 556789.
2. HomeSafe Gas plans
Boiler plans
- B1: safety check and landlord’s gas safety record for £40.18
- B2: safety check, service and landlord’s gas safety record for £50.37
- B3: safety check, service, maintenance and repair, and landlord’s gas safety record for £158.60
- B4: safety check, service, maintenance and repair, landlord’s gas safety record and central heating service for £217.96
Additional appliance plans
- A2: safety check, service and landlord’s Gas Safety record for £53.76*
- A3: safety check, service, maintenance and repair, and landlord’s gas safety check for £113.82
*If you combine any of our boiler plans with the A2 plan, your A2 plan will be discounted to £19.82. Additional gas appliances are gas fires and heaters.
The above lists provide you with basic information on what is covered in each plan. Please check section 6 for exact coverage within each plan.
3. Definitions
Certain words or phrases from your terms and conditions are listed below. Wherever they appear, they have the following meaning:
- Agreement means the agreement you have with Wolverhampton Homes relating to the particular plan or plans you have purchased.
- Annual service visit for any plan that includes an annual service, is a visit we carry out in each Period of Agreement.
- Home means the leasehold property in which the gas appliances under the service agreement are contained.
- Period of Agreement means the fixed period of your agreement shown on your statement. Your agreement begins on the date Wolverhampton Homes accepts your application and will normally run for a period of 12 months.
- Statement means a written statement you receive from Wolverhampton Homes which confirms the package you have purchased from us and the price you will pay.
- We, us means Wolverhampton Homes and any of its employees.
- You, your means the person named on your statement. If you are the landlord, it may refer to either you or your tenant.
4. Conditions that apply to our plans
Our responsibilities
Wolverhampton Homes will, depending on which plan you have purchased from us, meet its responsibilities to service, repair and maintain your appliances within a reasonable timescale whenever it is possible to do so. If it is not possible due to circumstances beyond our control, we will inform you of a date when we will be able to meet these responsibilities.
Where the plan you have purchased from us includes repairs to your appliance or system, these will be carried out in accordance with the following timescales:
- Emergency repair: within 24 hours of reporting this to Wolverhampton Homes. This item is to repair or make safe an emergency occurrence.
- Routine repair: within 20 days of reporting this to Wolverhampton Homes
First visit
If you have applied for a plan that includes maintenance and repair throughout the year, we will need to assess whether your boiler and/or appliance can be accepted as part of your chosen plan (see section five, exclusions). During the first visit to your property, we will survey your gas installation at the same time that we carry out the service. If we are unable to offer you the plan of your choice, we will write to you giving reasons for our decision and invoice you for the service completed during the visit.
Safety guidance
Wolverhampton Homes may need to inform you that repairs or improvements are required to ensure your appliance or system works safely. If you do not follow this guidance then it may mean that we are unable to fulfill our obligations to you under the agreement you hold with us. Your agreement will continue in place unless you inform us you wish to cancel or we inform you that we have to cancel the agreement. In this case, we will give you the reasons we need to cancel.
Access
Our staff will only carry out work at a property where there is a person aged 17 or over present at all times. It is your responsibility to ensure access is provided to your property
If we cannot gain access on the date of the appointment, it is your responsibility to arrange another appointment with us.
If you do not arrange an appointment or we cannot gain access to carry out the work, your agreement with Wolverhampton Homes will continue whilst attempts are made to arrange an appointment. If access is still not gained we may write to you to inform you that Wolverhampton Homes has cancelled your agreement.
Workforce
Wolverhampton Homes will only use directly employed gas engineers to carry out any work. The engineer visiting the property will be wearing a uniform and will carry a formal identification card.
Guarantee
Wolverhampton Homes will guarantee to rectify any faulty parts or workmanship for a period of 12 months from the date we carried out the repair to your home. This guarantee is in addition to and does not affect, your legal rights under the Sale of Goods Act 1979 or the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.
Should we install or replace your gas boiler, we will commission and also carry out a safety check on the appliance at the time of installation. Therefore, we would not carry out a separate annual service visit on this appliance during the first 12 month period.
Cancellation
You may cancel your agreement with us at any time, as long as you confirm this to us, either by telephone or email or by writing to us. See section nine for our contact details.
If you cancel within 14 days of the start of your agreement, a full refund of any monies paid will be given. An exception to this is where we may have already carried out work to your home; in this case, cancellation charges may occur.
If you cancel after the first 14 days of beginning your agreement and pay us by monthly Direct Debit, Wolverhampton Homes will provide you with cover until the end of the month for which your last payment applies and then end the agreement.
If you pay by any other method or frequency, Wolverhampton Homes will provide you with cover until the end of the month where you have informed us of your intention to cancel. Should you have paid any monies in advance of this period then Wolverhampton Homes will provide you with a refund for the time you have left in your agreement for which you have already paid. An exception to this is where we may have already carried out work to your home; in this case, cancellation charges may occur.
Wolverhampton Homes may cancel the agreement in any of the following circumstances:
- You do not allow us access to your home when needed.
- You have provided us with incorrect information.
- We find a significant fault at the first visit.
- We have provided safety guidance and you have declined to accept this guidance.
- We find significant health and safety issues. In this case, we may choose to cancel after ensuring the property has been rendered safe.
- We find that the appliances at your home are excluded from our packages.
- You do not keep up with the agreed payments for the plan you have chosen
- We cannot locate a part, after reasonable attempts to do so, that is required to repair an appliance.
Cancellation charges
If we, or you, cancel an agreement partway through the agreed period and work relating to that agreement has been carried out, you may be charged for this work. This charge will be as set out below but any money you have paid to Wolverhampton Homes for your plan in the period before cancellation will be deducted.
- Landlord’s Gas Safety Record: £30
- Annual service: £30
- Boiler or central heating repairs: £100
- All other repairs: £40
Governance
All of our terms and conditions are written in English and all correspondence to you will be written in English. Your agreement is governed by the laws of England & Wales.
5. Exclusions from our plans
Boilers
We will not accept any boiler that is over eight years old on any service plan three stars and up, unless it is a boiler manufactured by Worcester Bosch, which is less than 10 years old. The exclusion date will be determined by the age of the appliance at the end of the intended agreement period.
Fires
We will not accept any fire as part of the three-star service plan that is over five years old. The exclusion date will be determined by the age of the appliance at the end of the intended agreement period.
Accidental damage
We will not cover any damage that is accidental and has been caused either by you or any third party visiting your home. This exclusion includes any damage caused by another person working in or to your home.
Cost
We will not provide cover for any works where the cost of these (parts and labour) is equal to, or above, 75% of the cost of a replacement appliance (parts only).
Parts
We will only install genuine, new parts supplied by our stores provider, directly from the manufacturer. If these are not available then we will be unable to carry out the work on your appliance.
Damage or loss
We will not be responsible for any loss or damage to your property or belongings in the event of any appliance or part of the system failing (unless we have installed it and it is within the guarantee period). This includes all related works, e.g. burst water pipes, damage to structure and related cleaning.
We strongly recommend that you ensure you have adequate third party insurance cover, including accidental damage, which includes cover for subsidence, fire, flood, structural repairs, adverse weather conditions etc.
Third party
No-one, other than the owner of the property, is able to benefit from the agreement. Therefore, the agreement cannot be passed between parties without the written agreement of Wolverhampton Homes. However, should you be a landlord who is subletting the property, it is acceptable for your tenant or representative to make arrangements for the work included in your agreement to take place.
Access
We will not be responsible for any costs incurred to gain access to carry out repairs or associated works. Whilst we can be expected to remove or replace floorboards or access panels to allow access to items below, we will not take responsibility for gaining access to areas where items are hidden, e.g. below a concrete floor, in a ceiling recess, behind a false wall or where carpets and/or laminate flooring require removal and replacement.
Asbestos
We will not undertake any works which require asbestos removal to take place to allow the work to be carried out. Should you have asbestos removed to allow us to gain access to a work area, you must provide us with appropriate certification to show the material has been safely and correctly dealt with.
6. What is covered by your package
Boiler cover
B1: Includes a gas safety check of your property. This entails a visual examination only of any appliance installed within your home and a tightness test of the gas pipe work. The gas engineer will carry out any mandatory works required to allow a landlord’s gas safety certificate to be issued.
B2: Includes a full gas service to the boiler installed within your home, in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. On completion, a landlord’s gas safety certificate will be issued.
B3: Includes a full gas service to the boiler installed within your home, in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. On completion, a landlord’s gas safety certificate will be issued. This plan also includes repairs and maintenance (including parts and labour) to the boiler (including pipework up to 0.5m of the boiler) within your home.
B4: Includes all items covered by B3 service plan, as well as all associated radiators, pipework and controls connected to the central heating system.
Cover for additional appliances
A2: Includes a full gas service of any other gas appliance (fire or wall-mounted heater etc) within your home. On completion, a landlord’s gas safety certificate will be issued. (Discounts apply if combined with one of our B plans).
A3: Includes a full gas service of any other gas appliance (fire or wall-mounted heater etc) within your home, plus all associated repairs (including parts and labour) to the appliances.
When considering these packages please take note of the exclusions shown in section five. If you are unsure of anything please ask.
7. Additional work
Should Wolverhampton Homes identify any additional works, not included in your chosen package, we may be able to offer to carry out this work on your behalf at an additional cost. Please ask for a quotation.
8. Payment
When your plan is due for renewal, if you agree to renew your plan you will be invoiced and payment must be made within 28 days upon receipt of the invoice. The invoice must be paid in full before we can arrange to carry out the gas safety check/servicing. Failure to make payment within 28 days will result in your plan being cancelled.
9. Contact details
Tel: 01902 556789
Wolverhampton Homes
Wednesfield Housing Office
Alfred Squire Road
Wednesfield
Wolverhampton
WV11 1XU