For agencies and landlords
Compliance work, done on schedule.
Smoke alarms, safety switches and safety inspections across a rent roll, by one licensed Brisbane electrician who does the work himself and sends the certificate through with the invoice.
- Electrical Contractor Licence 90673
- ARCtick L169731
- ABN 32 929 239 324
- Certificates supplied
The date that matters
1 January 2027.
Rental properties have needed interconnected photoelectric smoke alarms since 1 January 2022. From 1 January 2027 the same requirement reaches every remaining domestic dwelling in Queensland.
For a rent roll that means two things. Any property taken on that has not been brought up to standard is a problem now, not in January. And owners who also occupy elsewhere, or who are considering selling, have a deadline of their own coming that most of them have not thought about yet.
Requirements confirmed with the Queensland Fire Department and the Residential Tenancies Authority. This page is general information, not legal advice — confirm the obligation for a specific property with those sources.
Scope
The work agencies send him.
Both trades under one licence, so a compliance visit and an air-conditioner service are one attendance instead of two contractors and two invoices.
Smoke alarm compliance
Photoelectric, interconnected alarms to AS 3786-2014 — in every bedroom, in the hallways between bedrooms and exits, and on every level. Existing alarms checked for age and sensor type, non-compliant units replaced.
Electrical safety inspections
A written report on the condition of the installation, with anything that needs attention listed and priced separately so you can take it to the owner.
Safety switch installation
Safety switches fitted to circuits that do not have them, tested on completion and certified. Common in older inner-west stock where only part of the board was ever upgraded.
Switchboard upgrades
Ceramic fuses replaced with circuit breakers, circuits traced and labelled, and capacity checked before a tenant adds an air-conditioner to a board that cannot carry it.
Air-conditioning between tenancies
Servicing, cleaning, repairs and replacement, handled on the same visit as the electrical work rather than by a second contractor on a second day.
Certificates for your file
Every job comes with the Certificate of Testing and Compliance required in Queensland, sent through with the invoice rather than chased later.
How it runs
One contact, one certificate, one invoice.
- 01You send the address
Email or text the property and what it needs. Hoff confirms scope and price before anything is booked.
- 02He arranges access
Once the entry notice is issued, Hoff contacts the tenant directly and confirms the time back to you.
- 03Work carried out and tested
Compliance work completed and tested on the day. Anything else found is reported and quoted separately, never added without asking.
- 04Certificate and invoice together
The Certificate of Testing and Compliance arrives with the invoice, ready for the property file.
What agencies ask first.
Yes, and it is the preferred way to start. Send one job, judge it on the work and the paperwork, and go from there. There is nothing to sign and no minimum volume.
Hoff. He is a sole trader, so the person who quotes the job is the person who does it and the person you ring afterwards. Nothing is subcontracted out, which is usually the point of failure when an agency changes electricians.
Hoff contacts the tenant directly to arrange a time once you have issued the entry notice, and confirms back to you. Most compliance visits take under two hours.
The Certificate of Testing and Compliance for the electrical work, plus a plain-language summary of what was done and anything that will need attention later. Both come through with the invoice.
Based in Paddington, working across Brisbane's inner west, north, south, western suburbs and the bayside. If a property sits outside the usual run it is worth asking rather than assuming.
Yes. Electrical Contractor Licence 90673, ARCtick L169731, and insurance certificates supplied on request before any work starts.
Start with one property.
Send Hoff a single job and judge it on the work and the paperwork. No agreement to sign, no minimum volume.