Rental Property Smoke Alarm Compliance Christchurch
Tenancies Act rules checked, alarms installed where the law says, and a written report with photos for your file — $99 per property, with discounted alarms if any are needed.
Tenancies Act rules checked, alarms installed where the law says, and a written report with photos for your file — $99 per property, with discounted alarms if any are needed.
A landlord we work with in Riccarton put it well: "I spent two years arguing with my insurer about a hot water cylinder, and the smoke alarm check costs less than the excess on my car." He books us every tenancy changeover across four properties, and the reports sit quietly in a folder doing what paperwork does best — proving he did the right thing, on the right date.
The smoke alarm rules for rentals aren't complicated, but they are specific, and "there's an alarm in the hallway somewhere" doesn't meet them. Within 3 metres of every bedroom door. Every level. Long-life photoelectric whenever an alarm is added or replaced. Working at the start of every single tenancy — which means the alarm your last tenant's flatmate took the battery out of is now your legal problem.
Get it wrong and the Tenancy Tribunal can award up to $7,200 in exemplary damages. Get unlucky as well, and a fire with non-compliant alarms turns into an insurance argument you don't want. For $99 a property, we make the whole issue go away.
We coordinate with tenants directly so you don't have to play messenger, and we're respectful in people's homes — shoes off, quick, tidy. Property managers get a per-property report formatted for the file, and changeover bookings can be standing orders: tell us once, and every vacancy gets checked automatically.
Heads up for Healthy Homes paperwork: while we're there for alarms, we'll happily photograph anything else you need documented — no charge, it's your visit.
Tell us about your place and we'll come back with a fixed price — usually the same day. Or just call and we'll sort it on the phone.
Fastest way to book? Just call
0800 120 046