Are the smoke alarms in your rentals lease-ready?
Since July 2024, every SA rental has to meet the minimum housing standards at the start of each tenancy, and working smoke alarms are part of that. We test and certify every property on your rent roll before each new lease and once a year, swap flat batteries on the spot and book the visit with your tenant.
Get your free rent roll review.
Tell us roughly how many properties you manage and where, and we'll come back the same business day to get it started.
The property teams we install for.
Run a rent roll? We’ll keep every property lease-ready.
The duty sits with the landlord, but the checking, the tenant booking and the paperwork can be ours.
Property managers
Every rental on your books checked before each new lease, with a certificate you can send straight to the owner.
Agency principals
One view of smoke alarm compliance across the whole rent roll, so nothing sits forgotten on someone’s desk.
Landlords with a few properties
Each home checked before every new tenant and once a year, without chasing a tradie.
Every alarm tested. Every property certified.
Every alarm in every property, before each new lease and once a year, with the proof on file.
Every alarm tested
Every smoke alarm in the property tested, cleaned and checked for its expiry date, before each new lease and once a year.
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Batteries swapped on the spot
Flat batteries replaced, and expired battery alarms swapped for 10-year sealed alarms, while we're there. Hardwired 240V alarms need a licensed electrician, so we flag any that need work.
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A certificate for every property
Dated, alarm by alarm, with photos. It's in your portal the same day, ready to send straight to the landlord.
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Three things decide whether a property’s smoke alarms are right, and we check every one. These are the published SA rules, not legal advice.
Checked at the start of every tenancy
Since 1 July 2024, a rental has to meet the minimum housing standards at the start of every tenancy, and one of them is smoke alarms fitted in line with the law. If it doesn't comply, the tenant can ask for urgent repairs or end the lease.
- Houses
- Units
- Townhouses
- Granny flats
The right alarm depends on the property
Bought from 1 February 1998, the owner has six months from the title transfer to fit 240V or 10-year sealed alarms. Bought earlier, a replaceable battery alarm is the minimum. Homes built from 1 January 1995 need 240V alarms.
- 10-year sealed alarms
- 240V alarms
- Battery alarms
Fines, and interconnection for new work
Fines of up to $750 apply if alarms aren't installed. New homes, additions and extensions need interconnected alarms, so when one goes off they all do.
- New builds
- Additions
- Extensions
Not sure which rule each property falls under? We’ll check the whole rent roll for free.
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You send the rent roll. We handle the rest.
Ten properties or a thousand, the steps are the same and the certificates are kept for you.
Send the rent roll
Your property list, however you keep it. That's all we need to start.
Free rent roll review
We work out which rule each property falls under and what's likely due, and send you the list.
Tenant booked
You send the entry notice like you do now. We text the tenant and lock in a time.
Tested & certified
Every alarm tested, flat batteries and expired battery alarms replaced, anything needing an electrician flagged, and a certificate for the property.
Every lease, every year
Tell us when a property's coming up for a new lease and we check it before move-in. Yearly checks are booked for you.
Your whole rent roll, or one property before a new lease?
Put every property on the plan, or book a single check when a new tenant is about to move in.
For agencies that want every property covered.
Every property on the plan checked before each new lease and once a year. We book the tenant, swap flat batteries and expired battery alarms while we’re there and put a certificate for every property in your portal.
What’s included
For one property before a new tenant moves in.
One visit: every alarm tested, flat batteries and expired battery alarms replaced, and a certificate for the property before move-in.
Smoke alarms in rentals, answered.
The questions Adelaide property managers and landlords ask us most.
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Smoke alarm checks across Adelaide and SA.
A handful of rentals or a whole rent roll, our Adelaide-based team looks after properties across metro Adelaide and the surrounding regions.
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Tell us roughly how many properties you manage and where. We'll come back the same business day to set up your free rent roll review.
callOr call (08) 7008 7092Get your free rent roll review.
We'll come back the same business day to get it started.