Electric and Gas Checks before Buying Property ?

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Does anyone know how much it would cost to do both ELECTRICAL and Gas Tests on a property before buying them , ? As the Home Report is vague about this and it is an old property so do not want to take any chances if considering putting in an Offer .

No it would be separate people as they need different qualifications. Electrics you could get an electrician to do a general visual inspection for tens of pounds and a full eicr (thorough testing and inspection) for low hundreds.
Gas would be cheaper as there are not usual many appliances compared with electric.
Obviously just get some quotes from experienced trades people.

We were quoted £250 for an electrical check of a 4 bedroom house. We didn't go ahead as it's an old house and we figured it would need rewiring anyway.

If the vendor is sensible they would have gas appliances serviced annually, so you could ask to see those reports. Electrics - mmm. Anything you buy apart from rewired within the last year or a newbuild may well be out of line with the new/updated regulations, which are thankfully not retrospective, or we would all be permanently having our houses rewired.

Any new electrical installations since 2005 has to have certificate so if there are no certificates it will be from before then, but may still be ok as Scaryteacher said everyone would be constantly rewiring if it weren't. Electrical regulations seem to be updated nearly every year.

Probably not worth having an electrical check and take it that you may want to update it and save your money for that. If there are no certificates you could probably use that as a bargaining point. When I sold late DMs house I had to include any certification in the sellers pack.

Gas appliances are quite cheap and easy to get checked anyway, and not disruptive like electrical work, again there should be stuff in the sellers pack if it has been done.