QUEENSLAND SMOKE ALARMS: WHAT CHANGES ON 1 JANUARY 2027

From 1 January 2027, every home in Queensland needs smoke alarms that are:

• photoelectric,
• interconnected, so when one sounds they all sound,
• in every bedroom,
• in hallways that connect bedrooms to the rest of the home, and
• on every storey.

This already applies when a home is sold or a new lease starts. That rule began on 1 January 2022.

From 2027 it applies to every home, including the one you live in.

WHO THIS APPLIES TO

Owner-occupiers: by 1 January 2027.

Landlords: already, at each new lease or renewal, and alarms must be tested within 30 days before a tenancy starts.

Sellers: already, at sale.

WHAT TO KEEP

The work is done once. The proof is what people ask for later, a buyer's conveyancer, an insurer, a property manager.

Keep the electrician's invoice or certificate showing what was installed, where, and when.

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