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CPD Talk on Housing (standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008

Noel Larkin- Noel Larkin & Associates.Paul Mooney- Strathmore Ivernia Ltd

SI 534 of 2008 SI 462 of 2009

The Housing Regulations 2008 provide for an updated basic standard that rented accommodation in Ireland should meet

Requirements

• Structural Condition• Sanitary Facilities• Heating Facilities• Food Preparation &Storage

and laundry• Ventilation• Fire Safety• Refuse Facilities• Electricity & Gas

Structural Condition

‘a proper state of structural repair’ means sound, intern ally and externally, with roof, roofing tiles and slates, w indows, floors, ceilings, walls, stairs, doors, skirting boar ds, fascia,tiles on any floor, ceiling and wall, gutters, down p ipes, fittings, furnishings, gardens and common areas mainta ined in good condition and repair and not defective due to dampness or otherwise.”,

Article 5

Structural Condition

Structural Condition

Structural Condition

Sanitary facilities

Article 6 • Sanitary facilities which require within the habitable area of the house for exclusive use by

the house:

– A toilet with wash basin

– Fixed toilet or bath with continuous cold water supply and facility for the piped

supply of hot water.

• These must be:

– Maintained in good order

– Safe drainage

– Insulated and secure

– Minimum capacity for hot and cold water storage facilities

– Provided in a separate room divided by wall and door, with separate ventilation.

Sanitary facilities

Sanitary facilities

Heating

Habitable rooms must have a permanent fixed heating appliance, independently manageable with effective fumes removal in each room.

The operation of any appliance referred to in sub-article (1)(a) shall becapable of being independently manageable by the tenant.

Article 7

Heating

Food preparation, storage and laundry

– 4 ringed hob with grill, oven and

extractor fan

– Fridge freezer and microwave oven

– Sink with hot and cold water

– Suitable and adequate number of presses

for food storage

– Washing machine or access to a

communal appliance, and dryer if no

access to a garden.

– Appliances must be maintained

Article 8

Food preparation, storage and laundry

Food preparation, storage and laundry

Food preparation, storage and laundry

Ventilation

• Must provide adequate

ventilation to every

habitable room, or

room intended to be

habitable.

• Also must be adequate

to remove water vapour

from the kitchen and

bathrooms.

Article 9

Ventilation

Lighting

Article 10

10. (1) Every room used, or intended for use, by the tenant of the house as

a habitable room, shall have adequate natural lighting.

(2) Every hall, stairs, and landing within the house and every room used, or

intended for use, by the tenant of the house shall have a suitable and adequate

means of artificial lighting.

(3) The windows of every room containing a bath and/or shower and a watercloset shall be suitably

and adequately screened to ensure privacy.

Lighting

Floor area/10

Fire Safety

Article 1111. (1) Subject to sub-article (2), the house shall contain a fire blanket and either a mains-wired

smoke alarm or at least two 10-year self-contained battery-operated smoke alarms.

(2) Each self-contained house in a multi-unit building shall contain

a mains-wired smoke alarm, a fire blanket and an emergency evacuation plan.

(3) Emergency lighting shall be provided in all common areas within

a multi-unit building.”

Fire Safety

Refuse Facilities

Article 12

The house shall have access to suitable and adequate pest and verminproof refuse storage facilities

Refuse Facilities

Electricity and Gas

Article 13

13. Installations in the house for the supply of electricity and gas shall be

maintained in good repair and safe working order with provision, where necessary, for the safe and

effective removal of fumes to the external air.

Electricity and Gas

Exemptions

• holiday homes

• accommodation provided by the HSE or

• an approved body containing communal sanitary, cooking and dining facilities

e.g. people with disabilities or the elderly, people with special needs who require assistance

to live in the community

• demountable (e.g. mobile homes) provided by a housing authority

• housing provided by a housing/local authority are exempt from the requirements for food

preparation, storage and laundry.

Protected structures

Listed properties are not exempt

Works may require material alteration requiring•Conservation report•Planning.•Fire safety certificate.•Disabled accessibility certificate

Protected structures

Protected structures

• Conservation report reports,• Application for a Fire Safety

Certificate, • Application for Planning

Permission• Application for a Disabled

Accessible Certificate (DAC)

Protected structures

Protected structures