Smoke Alarm Servicing and Compliance Assurance
Your legal requirements as per State and Federal Smoke Alarm Legislation: in all states of Australia it is the legal responsibility of all property owners and residential rental providers to install, manage and maintain working smoke alarms.
We provide an all-inclusive service to ensure compliance, including:
- Comprehensive smoke alarm testing, servicing and replacement when required (smoke alarms have a life-span of 10 years)
- Comprehensive smoke alarm compliance report to prove you have met your legal requirements as a residential rental provider
- Free replacement of battery smoke alarms that expire or become faulty
- Free call out for hardwired alarm replacements
- Unlimited number of visits to each property within a 12 month period and smoke alarms serviced per property
- Rapid response for urgent jobs knowing your property and renters are protected with SASS
Gas Safety Services
All Victorian investment properties are required to have all gas appliances checked at least every two years by a qualified gas fitter.
Untested gas heaters and appliances can leak deadly carbon monoxide. To ensure your renters and their family members are not at risk, we ensure you meet your new requirement ensuring the regular and thorough testing of all gas appliances.
We service, inspect and test for carbon monoxide leaks on space heaters, wall furnaces, ducted central heaters, gas water heaters, gas stove tops, gas ovens, and decorative log fires throughout Melbourne. Certificates of gas safety will be provided upon completion - these need to be made available to your renters.
Carbon Monoxide is an odourless, colourless gas that when inhaled can be fatal.
Carbon monoxide leaks are caused by gas appliances that:
- Have not been regularly serviced or maintained
- Have faulty heading units
- Have parts in need of repair or replacement
- Are older style appliances which do not burn all the gas.
Electrical Safety Services
Electrical Inspection & Testing
Minimum disruption, maximum peace of mind by preventing electrical overloading and providing breakdown, damage and fire protection. Regular electrical inspections are required to all Victorian investment properties with the intention to greatly increase the safety and security of buildings and the people who live there.
We strive to deliver exceptional service to all our customers.
A detailed electrical report will be completed along with a visual inspection of the following electrical items:
- Switchboard/fuse box
- Lighting
- Power outlets
- Exhaust fans
- Hard wired appliances
- Safety switches
A fault in any of these could lead to overheating and melting, serious harm or an electrical fire.
Certificates of electrical safety will be provided upon completion - these need to be made available to your renters.
Real Estate Agencies
SASS is committed to providing the highest standard of Electrical, Smoke Detector and Gas compliance checks to real estate agencies for the properties they manage. We provide a step-by-step process working in partnership with agencies and rental providers to ensure their portfolios are compliant ensuring no fear of fines or repercussions from the Consumer Affairs Taskforce.
This approach is tailored to seamlessly introduce minimum standards compliance into the properties they manage whilst maintaining compliance in the long term.
Property Managers
Understanding the legislation surrounding mandatory compliance for rental properties and the extremely complicated interpretation of the legislation plus the constant additions to this legislation can be confusing, particularly for busy property managers continually dealing with the needs of their clients and tenants.
We remove the confusion for property managers via our online or in-person training sessions. Our team can help demystify the mandatory compliance legislation. We also offer free quarterly updates where we discuss changes or new interpretations of the legislation plus our powerful “Health Checks”, a free audit for your entire portfolio regarding how up to date your compliance checks are.
Property Owners
WHY DO YOU NEED SAFETY CHECKS?
- Protect yourself from fines exceeding $11,000 for non-compliance with the safety check requirements
- Protect yourself from being publicly named and blacklisted for 3 years on the Consumer Affairs Non-Compliance blacklist
- Rental providers must ensure that a gas safety check has been conducted on all gas appliances every two years by a licensed or registered gasfitter with Type A appliance service work
- Rental providers must ensure that an electrical safety check of all electrical installations and fittings in the premises has been conducted by a licensed or registered electrician every two years.
- Rental provider must ensure that each smoke alarm is correctly installed and in working condition (including replacing batteries) and that they are tested according to the manufacturer’s instructions once every 12 months.