Another question to add to your list:Refering to an English housing survey 2021, 23% in the private rented sector did not meet "decent home standard...".
I post the link above as a recent example of HAP inspection findings in Cork.More than 90% of Cork city's Hap properties fail inspections
One councillor said he has noticed that when properties fail on a serious issue, some landlords used it as an excuse to serve a notice to quit on their tenants to facilitate the property upgradeswww.irishexaminer.com
Briefly, it states that there was a 92% failure rate (of 3018 inspected properties) from last quarter 2021 to June 2022.
For me, this begs a number of questions;
1. Are the standards applied excessively high?
2. Are those who legislate and police the standards confident that their own properties would pass one such initial HAP inspection?
3. Is the supply of rental accommodation being squeezed by the onerous standards imposed by HAP inspection?
4. Is HAP inspection just another QUANGO?
5. Is there consistency amongst the various contractors engaged by the county council's in their application of the standards?
6. How many of us, with hand on heart would be confident of passing a HAP inspection on a first visit?
I would be pretty confident that the majority of private homes would fail that inspection.7: Would all privately occupied homes pass this test?
Very unlikely, there would be no sense in letting an otherwise fine property go to dereliction over a minor issue. Worst case, sell the property to an owner occupier or a landlord who will weed out potential HAP candidates during the vetting process.? Will this lead to dereliction - Can't / Won't to sell it for a variety of reasons, too expensive and risky to rent it, "sure lookit"
That's a matter of opinion.1. Are the standards applied excessively high?
Just curious, where is that set out in law?But for example in Ireland landlords are legally obliged to put in place a microwave for a tenant.
Here.Just curious, where is that set out in law?
(2) Subject to paragraph (1), there shall be provided, within the same habit- able area of the house, for the exclusive use of the house: | ||
(a) 4 ring hob with oven and grill, | ||
(b) Suitable facilities for the effective and safe removal of fumes to the external air by means of a cooker hood or extractor fan, | ||
(c) Fridge and freezer or fridge-freezer, | ||
(d) Microwave oven |
Indeed. I can see the logic for having heating and cooking and sanitary systems in place.Thanks. I'm surprised that they go into such detail.
Had a similar experience and I have had the same tenant for 14 yrs now and moved from one property to another that I owned and the inspector said if the tenant wanted the property painted he could get it done via the report even though it has just been completed repainted a couple of months before the inspection. My tenant actually convinced the inspector to remove it from the report.Had a Co.Co. inspector check a house of mine rented under RAS scheme. The report came back to me stating that Smoke Alarms, Heat detector, Carbon Alarms, were all out of date and he failed it. Factual situation was that all were in date and would be in date for years to come . It was a totally false report and I wrote back questioning his integrity and recommending he get a report from Specsavers for me. I challenged him to call to the house with me present to point out the alleged issues. The only thing I heard was that the House was deemed passed from another council official.
Might be that mechanical ventilation is needed for a "land locked" bathroom with no window (or with only a Velux style roof window?)? My house has such a bathroom but no mechanical ventilation which surprised me. But maybe things were different in 1995 when it was built?Clamball said "I know my house would fail because we have no mechanical ventilation in the bathroom. But then again I have a window so it is suited to my needs."
What the regulations say and I am relying on memory " A well ventilated bathroom" I do not remember the regulations stating specifically "mechanical ventilation". Open to correction.
Yeah, mechanical extraction would be required in the event of no windows, or if the windows didn't meet the minimum requirements. If the window opens 30+ degrees, the opening area of the window must be a minimum of 5% of the total floor area of the room. If it only opens 10-30 degrees the opening must be 10% or more of the floor area.Might be that mechanical ventilation is needed for a "land locked" bathroom with no window (or with only a Velux style roof window?)? My house has such a bathroom but no mechanical ventilation which surprised me. But maybe things were different in 1995 when it was built?
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