Landlord EICRs in Allington

The area sits on the western fringe of Maidstone, bounded by the River Medway and the A20. Its housing stock is predominantly post-war semi-detached and terraced properties built through the 1950s and 1960s, with a growing number of converted flats in older houses.

All private rented properties in Allington are required to hold a current Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) under the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020. The EICR must be no more than five years old — or dated from the most recent change of tenancy where this falls earlier. Landlords must provide a copy to their tenants within 28 days of the inspection, and to the local authority within 7 days of any written request.

For Allington's post-war and 1960s estate housing, the EICR provides a formal record of the condition of the electrical installation under test conditions — including insulation resistance, RCD performance and earthing continuity — that a visual check alone cannot provide. Properties that have had consumer units replaced without a full rewire are particularly reliant on the EICR to document the condition of the underlying circuits.