What is the recommended smoke alarm to buy and where are the recommended locations in the rental to instal them?
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10 year long-life sealed-in battery photoelectric alarms to be installed.
Wired-in alarms are also acceptable.
Location ruling has not yet been gazetted.
Likely option is:
One alarm in the living area. For each bedroom, there must be at a minimum one working smoke alarm in the hall or similar, within three metres of the bedroom door. In a self-contained sleepout, caravan or similar there must be a minimum of one working smoke alarm. At least one alarm per level in a multi-level house.
The Fire Service is pushing for one alarm actually in each bedroom.
We shall see - eventually.
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Thanks for your reply flyernzl.
Would wired in alarms only have value if they are connected to a monitored intruder alarm system where there is a battery back up in case of a mains power failure?
This is what I have but only in the hallway of my house so I have supplemented them with battery powered ones in the office and another in the lounge.
Maybe the Governments next step will be that we have to install emergency lighting systems in our rentals like they have in commercial and industrial buildings.
Nice P2002....is it yours?
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Andrew King has done a great job in overcoming the Insulation industry pressure to not only make all rentals comply with the current new-build standards but also exceed them, on the basis that all rentals are in such poor condition that more insulation than a new house is necessary to keep the chilly winter winds out.
A number of NZPIF excutive members have expended a lot of (unpaid) hours in fighting this battle. Sure, we will not get all we wanted but believe me it could easily have turned out a lot worse.
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What was actually achieved with any relevant
government departments or people?
E.g. the matter that having a heat pump and
insulation wont make any houses any less damp
and cold if tenants don't turn the heat pump on.
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Agree with flyernzl, NZPIF's involvement has been appreciated. Plus the Mitre10 or Bunnings discount on insulation available to members can cover the cost of membership in some cases.Rentex Limited Property Management - Est. 1988
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I was interviewed this morning by TV1 on the latest Little political moves against residential rentals..
During the interview I stressed that insulating a cold house does not, in itself, make it warmer; that if heating is installed then someone (the tenant?) has to pay the running cost if it is actually used and that this is a problem for low-income tenants; that any resultant savings to the health budget accrue to the Government/Health Boards while the costs fall to Landlords; that most Landlords are just ordinary people who are trying to make provision for their old age, that our research show that only about 500 residential Landords throughout the country own more than ten rentals; and that Landlords also vote and have a point of view that should be considered by politicians.
It is supposed to be on the TV1 6pm news tonight. How much of that will make the cut I do not know, but it might be interesting viewing.
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That's great, thank you for doing this and the heads up, will be watching.Rentex Limited Property Management - Est. 1988
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Sounds like you got the main points across, flyer. As you observe, we wait to see what makes it past the cut. One person of my acquaintance was asked to do an interview with TV. He agreed only on the condition that he could have his own independent videographer along, filming beside the TV cameras. The TV people very reluctantly agreed, but it gave the interviewee a recording he could place on Utube, to show how (if any) the way in which the TV cuts had 'massaged' or manipulated the interview to achieve a certain perception or viewpoint.
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