Landlord EICRs in New Ash Green

New Ash Green is a purpose-built village developed in the 1960s and 1970s, designed as a planned community in the Dartford borough. The housing stock is cohesive — predominantly terraced, semi-detached and some low-rise flat development all from the same era. The uniform construction age means electrical installations across the rental stock often share similar characteristics.

All private rented properties in New Ash Green 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 New Ash Green's purpose-built 1960s–70s village development with mixed housing types, 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.