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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