Electrics and gas
A landlord gas record in the pack shows a date that has passed on the face of the form. What new check has the survey not commissioned?
The survey has not commissioned a new gas safety check. The landlord gas record in the pack shows a date that has already passed on the face of the form, so the paper itself is behind. Seeing that date is not a fresh inspection of the boiler, the meter or the other appliances. The home survey has not tested the gas, has not instructed a Gas Safe engineer, and has not produced a new record. The old form is still the old form. The check that has not been commissioned is the one that would replace it.
Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Written for buyers in England and Wales unless this answer says otherwise. No named surveyor has signed this page. It is general guidance, not a report on your house, and not legal advice.
What is the fuller explanation?
A landlord gas safety record is the form a registered engineer completes, and it carries the date of that visit. When the date has passed, the form is telling you it is no longer the current record. It does not describe today's burners, flue or ventilation. The home survey can read a date in the pack. It cannot turn a stale date into a new test, and it should not be read as one. No tightness test and no new certificate came out of this visit.
Ask the solicitor for a current gas safety record. If the appliances are to be used, ask a Gas Safe registered engineer to do the check the survey has not commissioned. Keep that engineer's record apart from the home survey. Do not tell a lender the gas was tested because an old form was in the pack. The date has passed on its face. The new check is still uncommissioned, and this report is not a substitute for it.
What should you ask your surveyor?
- What date on the landlord gas record has already passed?
- Did you refrain from commissioning a new gas safety check?
- Which appliances did you see without testing them?
What are the typical next steps?
- Treat the record as out of date on its face.
- Ask a Gas Safe engineer for the check the survey did not commission.
- Do not describe the home survey as a gas test.
Costs vary with the building and with who you instruct. Where this page does not cite a published figure, ask the surveyor, a relevant specialist, or your solicitor for a written quote. Do not treat a forum average as the price.
Also asked about this
If the boiler lights, has the old record been brought up to date?
No. A boiler that lights shows it ran on the day. It is not a gas safety record, and the survey has not commissioned one. The form in the pack still shows a date that has passed. Lighting the appliance does not fill in a new form. The check remains uncommissioned.
Does a landlord form still matter if you will live there yourself?
The survey has not turned the form into something else. Whatever the tenure, the record in the pack is out of date on its face, and this visit commissioned no new gas check. A Gas Safe inspection is a separate instruction. The home survey has not supplied it, and it has not tested the gas.