Compliance cover
Protect your investment, and keep your tenants safe
Comprehensive coverage
Don't get caught out by changing legislation
✅ Peace of mind
With coverage all year round, breathe easy knowing you’re always compliant with evolving State and Federal legislation.
✅ No surprise bills
✅ No surprise bills
Smooth cash flow and avoid unexpected expenses with a fixed, monthly fee deducted directly from rent.
Compliance cover
$19 fixed monthly fee
- Unlimited legally-required inspections plus additional checks
- Photographic certificates of compliance, favoured by insurance companies
- 5-year warranty on all products and services
- Complimentary hardware maintenance and replacements
- 24/7 support
- Peace of mind your investment is 100% compliant and your tenants are safe
When it comes to compliance, you can't risk mistakes
30%
of rental properties are non-compliant on first visit
40%
of house fires are caused by electrical fires and faults
2
children die a year from non-compliant blinds and curtains
50k+
words of State and Federal legislation rental properties must adhere to
Smoke alarms
Smoke alarms
Smoke alarm maintenance is governed by both State and Federal legislation and any person who does not comply with the relevant legislation is guilty of an offence. Owners who fail to take every practical step to ensure the safety of their tenants can face a multitude of unpleasant and unwanted consequences that can be easily avoided with the right guidance.
To ensure you are compliant, you are legally required to meet minimum standards which include:
To ensure you are compliant, you are legally required to meet minimum standards which include:
- Smoke alarms must comply with the Australian Standard AS3786. The current standard is the AS3786:2014 standard.
- On any storey that has a bedroom (or another room used as a sleeping area), a smoke alarm must be installed in every hallway associated with a bedroom, and if there’s no hallway or corridor then between the part/s of the home containing the bedroom or sleeping area and the rest of the premises.
- On all storeys that don’t contain a bedroom at the most likely exit point from that storey. e.g. if the lower level of a two storey home has no bedrooms a smoke alarm should be located between the nearest exit door and the stairwell.
- All high set homes with an enclosed room under the house must have a smoke alarm installed in that room.
To read the full legislation, please review:
Electrical safety switches
Electrical safety switches
Safety switches turn off the power in a fraction of a heartbeat if a leakage of current is detected, protecting your tenants and anyone visiting their home from electric shock. This can happen if there is a faulty power point or electrical appliance, or if a live cable is accidentally damaged or broken (e.g. a tradesperson doing maintenance on the home). Properties with faulty safety switches could also cause serious injury or death to a tenant or contractor.
Corded blinds
Corded blinds
Due to the potential strangulation hazard, landlords are required to ensure that all corded window coverings are properly fitted and maintained in accordance with complex safety standards. Blind and curtain cords are a strangulation hazard to children; two children die a year in Australia from non-compliant blinds and curtains. All residential properties that have any corded internal window coverings must have the cords fitted with the prescribed safety devices and warning labels. Even if you haven’t installed corded blinds or window fittings, your tenants could at any time so it’s critical that your property is checked by a qualified compliance technician for non-compliance.
To ensure you are compliant, you are legally required to meet minimum standards for installation, which include:
- The corded internal window covering must be installed in a way that ensures a loose cord cannot form a loop 220 mm or longer at or less than 1,600 mm above floor level.
- The corded internal window covering must be installed in accordance with the installation instructions on any retail packaging for the covering
- A cleat used to secure a cord must be installed at least 1,600 mm above floor level.
- A person installing a corded internal window covering must attach a label to it containing the name and contact details of the person or company responsible for the installation and must not remove any warning label or swing tag supplied with the corded internal window covering.
To read the full legislation, please review the Trade Practices (Consumer Product Safety Standard - Corded Internal Window Coverings) Regulations 2010.
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