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Hi Brian. I wasn't questioning your post, but rather the one right after mine. I was quite concerned when I found out that whilst we are super careful, even scratching the date onto the batteries to prove they went in at the start of a tenancy, that in one of my late father's houses, both smoke...

I'm not sure if that post is aimed at me. I've looked after our own IPs smoke alarms (and self-managed for 30 years). The only reason we decided to hand the job to the "experts" is that it seems to be a bit of a grey area, and I don't want to lose all we have for such a low cost per year. I...

In the spirit of being big enough to admit when I was wrong :D I thought I would report back about our decision to hand over the smoke detector annual visit to Smoke Alarm Solutions for our own house and our IPs, plus the IPs we look after for our late parents. I still believe we are perfectly...

I don't disagree with either of these comments, but until it is the law that we must outsource this job to a "professional", we will continue to do it ourselves. I know it has been done. I know we also take on the risk, but we make very sure that it is noted on the lease and I also scratch the...

We self-manage and follow the rules laid out under the RTA - http://www.rta.qld.gov.au/Renting/During-a-tenancy/Maintenance-and-repairs/Smoke-alarms We change batteries and test the alarms at the start/renewal of a tenancy, make a note on the lease and the entry condition report to state this...