Albany Lettings

Albany Lettings

Residential lettings can be full of difficulties for landlords and tenants alike, and it is our aim to make the whole process run as smoothly as possible.

With decades of experience in the Edinburgh property market, both tenants and landlords alike can be assured of sound, unbiased advice, on lettings, property investment, buy-to-let, sales or indeed any aspect of the Edinburgh residential property market - just click the links opposite to find out more.

Emergency Contacts

If you have an emergency outside normal office hours, we hope this guide will be of use to you. However, these services are to be used in an emergency only. If a tradesman is called out to a job that could have been attended to in office hours, the tenant may be liable for part of, or the entire bill.

Emergencies
An event which puts you or the property in danger of harm or seriously hinders your ability to inhabit the property. That which under no circumstances could wait 2/3 days until Albany Lettings reopened.
Examples of emergency situations: Loss of heating during holidays (e.g. Christmas), water and gas leaks, loss of power.
Examples of non-emergencies: Appliance failure, dripping taps, broken furniture Please use a degree of common sense in determining what can be classed as an emergency.

Gas leak
If you smell gas you must contact Transco immediately. This service is free and they will have an engineer with you as soon as possible. 0800 111 999 - Transco

Loss of Power
If your property has a loss of electricity supply firstly check all fuses/circuit breakers to make sure they are operational and check with your neighbours to see if they have the same problem - stair lighting may be on an emergency circuit. If so then contact your distributor - Scottish Power (0845 2727 999) or Scottish Hydro (0800 300 999). You can determine this by locating the MPAN number on your electricity bill - if it starts 17 then the distributor is Scottish Hydro; 18 for Scottish Power.

Plumbing emergencies
If your property is badly leaking into another you must try and turn off your water supply (in tenement flats, the water stopcock can often be located out in the main stairwell). If you have a burst pipe or any other event that could be considered an emergency (i.e. either you or the fabric of the property is at risk) then contact our emergency plumber - Raymond Hainey 07932 152 940 - please note a dripping tap does not qualify as an emergency!

Water leaking into your property?
In the event of a serious leak from an adjoining property, you must make every attempt to contact the householder, ensuring that they attend to the leak promptly and turn off the water supply if necessary. If a property is vacant, or the householder is refusing to take action contact Environmental and Consumer Services - they can force entry and turn off the water supply if deemed necessary.
0131 529 3030 Environmental Health

Heating breakdowns
Our gas engineers, Contract Heating, are open on a Saturday morning - 0131 458 3377. They will probably already have details for your boiler and may even be able to talk you through simple repairs such as topping up the pressure or re-igniting a pilot light. Later on Saturdays or on Sundays call their emergency number 07969 902 372 and leave a message - someone will get back to you within 24 hours. If your boiler/heating system is leaking, see the details above for our emergency plumber.
0131 458 3377 Contract Heating. 07969 902 372 Emergency call out.

Scottish Gas Three Star Cover
You will have been instructed when you moved in whether or not your property is covered by a Scottish Gas Three Star service contract. This can cover anything from just central heating repairs to all plumbing and electrical works, depending on the level of cover the landlord has taken out.
0845 9500 400 Scottish Gas Home Cover

Police
St Leonards Police station:
0131 662-5000