Independent minimum-standards inspections and digital compliance reports for landlords across Dublin, Kildare, Carlow & Laois.
Letting a property in Ireland means meeting the minimum standards for rented housing, and a failed inspection is costly. Our inspectors assess the property against those standards, structure and condition, fire safety, electrical and gas, heating, ventilation and water, kitchen and sanitary facilities, and give you a detailed digital report showing exactly what passes and what needs attention. Book on WhatsApp and protect your tenancy.
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A rental compliance inspection is only worth anything if it would stand up the day a local authority inspector walks the same property. We treat every inspection as if it were the council's own visit under the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019, because nearly three quarters of inspected rentals fail on first attempt and the gap is almost always the small things a rushed visit skips. Our inspectors are vetted, experienced and insured, so you get one honest, decision-ready report that tells you exactly what to fix and what is already right.
We work the full schedule the council works: structural repair (Regulation 4) and fire safety (Regulation 10), the two most-cited breaches, plus sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light, food preparation and laundry, refuse, and the safety of gas, oil and electricity. Every requirement is checked in the room it applies to, not ticked off a generic list from the hallway.
We physically test every smoke and heat alarm, confirm a fire blanket is correctly sited in the kitchen, and check that carbon monoxide alarms sit within 5 metres of each bedroom and in every room with a fuel-burning appliance. We note whether detection is mains-wired to IS 3218 and flag any interlinking or emergency lighting gaps, because a misplaced fire blanket or a chirping alarm is one of the single most common reasons a property fails.
Damp is treated as a system problem of moisture, temperature and airflow, not a five-minute guess. We take mapped moisture readings, run extract fans in kitchens and bathrooms to confirm they actually pull air, and distinguish true penetrating or rising damp from condensation and black mould. That matters because misdiagnosed condensation is how landlords end up paying thousands for the wrong remedy.
You receive a clear digital report with dated photographs, the specific regulation each item falls under, and a plain-English priority for every defect. It is structured so you can hand it straight to a tradesperson, satisfy an Improvement Letter or Notice, and keep it on file as your record of compliance for the next inspection cycle.
A cheap, rushed walkthrough that ticks a generic checklist and misses the structural and fire-safety items the council actually cites
The cost: You pass a paid inspection, then fail the real council inspection and get an Improvement Notice, paying twice and racing a deadline to remedy work you thought was already signed off
Marking smoke and CO alarms as present without testing them or checking siting and type
The cost: A chirping or wrongly placed alarm is one of the most common breaches, and in the worst case it is a genuine safety failure with carbon monoxide or fire, the exact risk the inspection was meant to remove
Calling every patch of damp condensation after a quick look, with no moisture readings
The cost: You spend money on the wrong fix while the real penetrating damp or a dead extract fan keeps spreading black mould, leading to repeat tenant complaints, a re-inspection failure and far bigger repair bills later
A vague report with no photos, no regulation references and no priorities
The cost: You cannot prove compliance, your tradesperson cannot quote accurately, and you are left guessing what to do first when a Prohibition Notice could stop you re-letting the property entirely
Other platforms hand your inspection to whoever bids lowest, and a five-minute walkthrough is exactly how a property sails through a paid check then fails the council. With HandymanService.ie you get a vetted, experienced inspector and one thorough report done right the first time, so you know precisely where you stand and can let with genuine peace of mind.
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