Gas installs for landlords and agents

Letting agents, portfolio landlords, housing providers and small businesses such as cafes or shops.

Priced jobs and agreed rates for repeat work with agents and landlords, with steady volume from a few regular contacts.

• Gas qualifications and experience
• Scheduling jobs across several people and vans
• Dealing with agents, tenants and paperwork

• Anyone doing gas work must be on the Gas Safe Register for the types of work they carry out, and a business employing gas engineers will usually need to register as a business too. Check the current requirements with Gas Safe Register
• Gas safety is regulated differently across the UK: the Health and Safety Executive covers Great Britain, while the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) covers Northern Ireland. Check which rules apply where you will work
• Employer's liability insurance once you take on staff, and public liability insurance
• Check the rules on supervising apprentices and trainees on gas work
• Late-paying agents can strain cash flow, so agree payment terms in advance
• Check how installations must be notified. This is usually through a competent person scheme or building control, and the process differs in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Startup costs are estimated at typically around £15,000 to £40,000, depending on how many vans, tools and engineers you take on from the start. Costs will vary with the size of the team and the equipment you already own.

Anyone doing gas work must be on the Gas Safe Register for the types of work they carry out, and a business employing gas engineers will usually need to register too. Check current requirements with Gas Safe Register, and which rules apply where you work.

Estimated monthly revenue is typically around £8,000 to £25,000, depending on how many engineers and jobs you run. That is revenue before costs such as vans, materials, wages and insurance. The estimates assume at least about 35 hours a week.