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Stephendnz

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#306291 10-Jul-2023 20:59
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Has anyone had any experience with getting their rental property up to the so-called "healthy homes" standard?

 

On the one hand, the HHS says: "Landlords must have enough fixed heaters installed so that a whole living room can be heated to 18 degrees, even on the coldest day of the year.

 

And then you get this "tool" that takes you through a very complicated calculation where you have to calculate the size of each wall, the windows, insulation - everywhere ceiling, floors, walls etc. And then it spits out this answer that says you need 7kw of heating to heat that space.  What a load of BS!!!

 

This is a 1940's house that we renovated and have lived in for 7 years, and have now moved out and will be renting it. So we had insulated it up the wazoo, and were well able to get the room to a constant 18 degrees+ - actually more like 20-21, using a 2.4 kw 3 bar radiant heater. It has a thermostat, as required, and cuts off when it reaches the desired temperature, then just clicks in when needed. I have also since then also retrofit double-glazed all the windows so am very confident that it will be etc etc. On VERY cold nights, we have occasionally boosted with an oil-filled heater.

 

Hope that wasn't too much of a preamble, but I am as frustrated as hell being faced with putting in heating that I know will be way overkill for the space. So can anyone advise if they have had a similar experience and how did they deal with it?

 

 


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SirHumphreyAppleby
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  #3102765 11-Jul-2023 15:25
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Handle9:

 

If you bother to read the notes it states that it’s conservative and will likely oversize the heating required, which means that it meets the intent of the legislation.

 

My understanding is the calculator implements the calculations set out in Schedule 2 of the Residential Tenancies (Healthy Homes Standards) Regulations 2019. The intent, which the regulation states can be met if a suitably qualified professional says so, does not align with the requirements to establish compliance by other means (i.e. the calculator).

 

The risk of non-compliance is a pro-tenant Tenancy Tribunal. I'd rather spend a few hundred dollars more on a larger AC unit to be on the safe side.


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