The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022 come into force on the 1st October 2022 in England with similar regulations (with variations in requirements) coming into force in all areas of the UK. To accommodate the greater onus on landlords and property managers to ensure that all smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are present where required and working in a rental property, an item compliance check has been introduced to the software and will automatically be applied when any of the following pre-programmed items are present within a room:
- Smoke Alarm
- Carbon Monoxide Alarm
- Heat Sensor / Smoke Alarm
- Fire Alarm
We have added a feature whereby an alarm expiry date can be set within a report which, when approaching the last three months of the alarm lifecycle, will trigger monthly email reminders to ensure that you never overlook an alarm expiring.
In addition, we have also created a Property Compliance section that is present now on all standard report types, as well as adding the maintenance reporting features to the check-in and inventory report types (previously the latter was only available on ‘Interim Visit’ and ‘Check-out’ reports).
Short Demo Video
You can find our quickfire demo video here with subtitles (enjoy with or without sound).
There’s also a helpful support article found here (must be logged-in to view).
New Feature Summary
- New item compliance flag available to all items – automatically defaulted to alarms.
- Ability to set alarm expiry dates.
- Automated expiry alerts in the last 3 months of the item lifecycle.
- New Property Compliance section on all reports (appropriate for all UK regions).
- Re-configured compliance questions on Check-in & Interim report types.
- Item maintenance feature added to Check-in & Inventory report types.
- Separate compliance table on all reports with compliance items flagged.
App Update Required – PLEASE READ
Our browser version updates have been pushed-live already – so there’s no action required there (happens automatically). An update is required to install the latest features on your iOS or Android devices though, which can be accessed here for convenience: iOS (Apple) Appstore found here and; Android Google Playstore found here.
Please ensure that you update your app version (if auto-updates are not installed on your device) otherwise you may need to re-review any compliance questions answered on the older app version.