Smoke alarms in Rental
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Topic: Smoke alarms in Rental
Posted By: grrrgrrrr
Subject: Smoke alarms in Rental
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 9:36pm
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Hi ,
We havent rented a house before (we rent one now) and I just noticed there are no smoke alarms in the house. Do I have to get consent from the landlord to install smoke alarms? Shoudl the landlord provide them or should I? It makes me very nervous not to have any. S ------------- Mattias 2yo Henrik almost 1 |
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Posted By: pikelets
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 9:41pm
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We asked our landlord but she wasn't prepared to pay for them so we did but not expensive ones.
You should ask incase they will pay for them. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 3 Angels - Dec10 / Mar11 / Dec11
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 10:00pm
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erm it is a legal requirement that the landlord supplies smoke alarms. I'm a landlord, we provide alarms, we even do the battery change, but I think that is actually up to the tenant legally.
I suggest you tell your landlord to sort themselves out cos that is not on! |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 10:11pm
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Agree with 2boys, my mum was a landlord for many years and she supplied them and did changes etc. Also you can get the fire station people to come and they'll tell you the best place to install them, if you have them they'll install them for you too! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Nothing
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 9:35am
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Our land lady at the rental agency tried to fob me off by saying that by law we didnt have to have any, and I was like, well what happens if the house burns down and we die...... So she quickly changed her tune and got some put in, she was only going to have them in the hall and lounge, put I insisted in getting them in all the bedrooms as well. ------------- 
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 3:41pm
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If you are renting thru a property management company then they are legally required to ensure all homes have smoke alarms. -------------  
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Posted By: pikelets
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 3:55pm
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We rent through a property agency but there no smoke alarms in here until we put them in. Thats pretty bad! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
3 Angels - Dec10 / Mar11 / Dec11
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Posted By: Aquarius
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 3:57pm
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i dont think it is a legal requirement is it????? unless, as mentioned, it is under a property management or similar who state that all houses under them will have them installed.
smoke alarms are cheap anyway so i would just do it....you can take them with you if you leave. ------------- http://www.magicalkingdoms.com/timers/"> 
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Posted By: Mum_mum
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 3:58pm
I was just dicussing this with a friend the other day who rents - she asked the property manager if she could install some smoke alarms and the property manager told her that it wasn't a legal requirement, that they would have to get permission from the owner and that they may not want soke alarms incase they damage the roof paint   what a frinken idiot property manager!
Will tell my friend to perserver! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
Angel baby - May 2008
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 4:24pm
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Apparently you don't need them in the bedrooms which I thought was strange! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 8:35pm
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Just found this on the Allen Realty Site
What are the current legal requirements? The Residential Tenancies Act 1986 does not have specific sections that apply to the requirement of landlords to provide smoke alarms. However, section 45C specifies a landlord must “comply with all requirements in respect of buildings, health, and safety under any enactment so far as they apply to the premises.” This means that all houses must comply with the Building Act 2004. The current Building Act 2004 requires that all new houses and consented alterations provide “means of detection and warning” in the event of fire. Like the Review of the Residential Tenancies Act, the Department of Building and Housing is currently preparing a Building Act Review, so changes may occur. Although the current regulation does not apply to existing properties, the requirement for alarms will usually be triggered if you are carrying out any building works that require an application for building consent from your local council. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: grrrgrrrr
Date Posted: 12 September 2010 at 9:46am
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Thank you everyone, my issue is not the cost of the smoke alarms but the fact that I jhave to get persmission to put them up. We rent through an agency and they are very slow at reacting to sorting things out (we spend almost 3 weeks without hot water!).
Might call department of housing thing and see if there is anyway that I can just install them and then take them with me. ------------- Mattias 2yo Henrik almost 1 |
Posted By: pikelets
Date Posted: 12 September 2010 at 9:50am
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3 weeks without water! You poor things! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
3 Angels - Dec10 / Mar11 / Dec11
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Posted By: MamaT
Date Posted: 12 September 2010 at 1:30pm
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As stated above unfortunately it isn't currently a legal requirement that landlords have smoke alarms installed in their properties. -------------  
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