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Notes for Leeds landlords

Short guides to EICRs, codes, licensing and the student changeover in Leeds.
A row of red-brick Leeds terraced houses stepping up a hill, with washing strung across the street and an EICR report pegged on the line.
An old rewireable fuse board with one carrier pulled out

Are old rewireable fuses an automatic EICR fail?

Plenty of Leeds terraces still have an old fuse box in the cellar. On its own that doesn't fail the report. Here is what the...

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Cellar steps with a checklist and a hanging light bulb

Getting a Leeds terrace ready for its EICR visit

In a lot of Leeds terraces the meter and consumer unit are at the bottom of the cellar steps. A few small jobs make the...

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Tile map of Leeds wards with the selective licensing wards in brick red

Leeds selective licensing 2026: what it means for your EICR

A new selective licensing scheme covers parts of six Leeds wards from 9 February 2026. Here is how it sits alongside the national EICR rules.

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The four EICR codes: C1, C2, FI and C3

C1, C2, C3 and FI: what the codes on your EICR mean

Every observation on an EICR gets a code. Here is what each one means, which ones fail the report and what happens next.

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A row of Leeds student houses above a tenancy timeline

Booking your EICR around the July student changeover

In LS6, LS4, LS3 and LS2 many tenancies end and start within days. That short gap is the easiest time to test a shared house.

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Plan of four back-to-back homes, each with its own meter and consumer unit

Back-to-back houses in Leeds: one EICR for each home

A pair of back-to-backs share a wall but not a report. Here is why each home needs its own EICR, and what that means for...

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