Bill — legal position CHECKED against HSE, 18 Aug. The old wording was wrong and would have cost us this audience. HSE is explicit: recording the findings is only a statutory duty for employers with five or more staff, and most landlords can assess the risk themselves without any consultant. So we cannot say records are legally required, or imply an inspector will demand them. What IS true: the duty to assess is real, HSE says keeping a record is wise, and hot tubs in lets are a business duty under HSG282. Copy below reflects that. Still to do: replace STRIPE_LINK_HERE on both buttons, then delete this box.
FOR HOLIDAY LETS, GLAMPING SITES AND HOT TUBS
The duty to assess is real and it applies to you. What trips people up is that the official guidance is written for industrial plant rooms, so it either gets ignored or it gets handed to a consultant for a few hundred pounds. Neither is necessary.
A written risk assessment for your property
Showers, taps, tanks, hot tub, little-used outlets — generated from your answers, laid out the way an environmental health officer or an insurer expects to see it.
A simple control plan
What to actually do, and how often, in plain English: flushing after a void, running through outlets, the temperatures that matter and why.
An evidence pack you can hand over
One printable file showing what you assessed, what you decided, and what you have done since. That's the thing an insurer asks for after a claim, and the thing an agency asks for before a listing.
Bill — legal position CHECKED against HSE, 18 Aug. The old wording was wrong and would have cost us this audience. HSE is explicit: recording the findings is only a statutory duty for employers with five or more staff, and most landlords can assess the risk themselves without any consultant. So we cannot say records are legally required, or imply an inspector will demand them. What IS true: the duty to assess is real, HSE says keeping a record is wise, and hot tubs in lets are a business duty under HSG282. Copy below reflects that. Still to do: replace STRIPE_LINK_HERE on both buttons, then delete this box.
FOR HOLIDAY LETS, GLAMPING SITES AND HOT TUBS
The duty to assess is real and it applies to you. What trips people up is that the official guidance is written for industrial plant rooms, so it either gets ignored or it gets handed to a consultant for a few hundred pounds. Neither is necessary.
A written risk assessment for your property
Showers, taps, tanks, hot tub, little-used outlets — generated from your answers, laid out the way an environmental health officer or an insurer expects to see it.
A simple control plan
What to actually do, and how often, in plain English: flushing after a void, running through outlets, the temperatures that matter and why.
An evidence pack you can hand over
One printable file showing what you assessed, what you decided, and what you have done since. That's the thing an insurer asks for after a claim, and the thing an agency asks for before a listing.
And if you have a hot tub
Different rules entirely
The HSE's spa-pool guidance, HSG282, explicitly covers domestic-type hot tubs used as part of a business — holiday park units, hotel rooms, lets. Warm aerated water is the highest-risk thing on most sites.
A check log that takes two minutes
Filled in from your phone, with reminders, so it gets done between changeovers rather than remembered in a panic.
£79 one-off, then £9 a month
The assessment and your records set up; the monthly fee covers the logbook and reminders. Cancel any time. Delivered by 1 September or a full refund.
£79 one-off, then £9 a month for the logbook. Delivered by 1 September or your money back.
Being straight with you: this helps you carry out and record the assessment you are already required to do — it is not legal advice, and it is not an in-person survey. To be clear about the law: you must assess the risk, but recording the findings is only a statutory duty for employers with five or more staff. The HSE says most landlords can assess the risk themselves and that keeping a record is wise rather than mandatory. We think it is worth having, because it is what insurers and agencies ask for. If you have a complex system, a large site, or you are unsure, get someone out to look at it.
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