Healthy Homes Assessment
Why You Need Healthy Homes Inspections
Healthy Homes inspections are crucial for landlords to comply with New Zealand’s mandatory standards. These standards aim to create safer, more comfortable living spaces while protecting your property investment.
Key compliance deadlines
- Private landlords: July 1, 2025
- Kāinga Ora and Community Housing Providers: July 1, 2024 (already passed)
- Boarding houses: July 1, 2021 (already passed)
Benefits of meeting Healthy Homes Standards:
- Enhanced property value
- Reduced maintenance costs
- Improved tenant health and satisfaction
- Legal compliance, avoiding penalties
Recent research demonstrates significant benefits:
- 18.6% decrease in hospitalisations for referred families
- 5% reduction in school absences due to illness
- $5.07 in health savings over five years for every dollar invested
By conducting Healthy Homes inspections and implementing necessary upgrades, you’re not only complying with legal requirements but also creating healthier, more attractive properties. This approach benefits both tenants and landlords, ensuring long-term property value and tenant satisfaction.
Contact Betta Property Compliance today for a professional Healthy Homes assessment and secure your property’s future.
What Does Betta Property Compliance‘s Report Include?
Betta Property Compliance provides detailed, professional Healthy Homes inspection reports designed to help landlords meet New Zealand’s Healthy Homes Standards.
Our reports offer a clear and actionable assessment of your property, outlining compliance with the following key areas:
- Insulation: Evaluating ceiling and underfloor insulation to ensure your property meets the required standards for warmth and energy efficiency
- Ground Moisture Barrier: Assessing the presence and effectiveness of moisture barriers to prevent dampness from affecting your property
- Heating: Verifying that appropriate heating sources, such as heat pumps, are installed in living spaces to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures
- Ventilation: Ensuring adequate airflow throughout the property to promote a healthy living environment and prevent moisture buildup
- Drainage: Inspecting drainage systems to confirm water is directed away from the property, avoiding potential damage or flooding
- Draught Control: Identifying and addressing air leaks that could compromise warmth and energy efficiency
Betta reporting
Our comprehensive reports are presented in clear, straightforward language, providing landlords with actionable insights into areas requiring improvement or upgrades.
Each report serves as a reliable guide for achieving full compliance with Healthy Homes Standards while enhancing tenant satisfaction and protecting your investment.
By choosing Betta Property Compliance, you gain access to expert inspections that go beyond compliance, helping you create safe, healthy, and desirable rental properties.
Types of reports offered:
Betta can complete a Healthy Home Assessment in a number of different ways:
- Healthy Homes Assessment Casual Service (one-off fee)
- Healthy Homes Assessment Only (Subscription – which allows you to choose the intervals in which you get your inspection completed eg 3 yearly)
- Routine Compliance Assessment (Subscription)
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