COMPLIANCE COMPLIANCEMADE MADESIMPLE SIMPLE (PART 1)
Part 2 in our series on “Compliance made simple.” As property investors and letting agents, we are regularly having conversations with people about compliance. What often comes across is that people find it changeable and confusing. It is changeable, this is true, but it needn’t be confusing. With this in mind, we have put together a series on some of the most common compliance issues, in an attempt to explain them in a way which is succinct and nonconfusing. The second in this series is one that the majority of us will have heard of – Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms.
The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 (and amendment which comes into force on 1st October 2022)
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The Regulations: The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations came into force on 1st October 2015. It is the landlord's responsibility to ensure that working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms, if applicable, are installed.
Requirements & Duties: Private sector landlords are required to install at least one smoke alarm on each storey of the premises as well as a carbon monoxide alarm in any room containing a solid fuel burning appliance. HMO Requirements vary upon the size and number of storeys the property has.
