Healthy Homes Inspection Auckland
Know exactly where your rental stands.
Every private rental in New Zealand has to meet the five Healthy Homes Standards. It is the law now, not a deadline you are working toward. A Datum assessment checks your Auckland property against all five, then hands you a clear compliance statement the same day, so you know what passes, what does not, and exactly what it takes to put it right.
It is the law now, not a deadline.
Since 1 July 2025, every private rental in the country has had to meet all five Healthy Homes Standards. There is no countdown left to beat. If your property does not comply, it does not comply today.
Get it wrong and a tenant can take you to the Tenancy Tribunal, which can order the work done and award them up to $7,200 per breach. For many Auckland landlords the bigger hit is not being able to lease until the work is finished. An assessment tells you where you stand before any of that lands on you.
The five Healthy Homes Standards.
These are the minimum standards every rental has to meet, set under the Residential Tenancies Act. We check your property against each one and tell you, plainly, whether it passes.
Heating
The main living room needs a fixed heater that can warm it to at least 18 degrees. We run the heating capacity calculation, because a heat pump that looks the part often falls short of the size the formula actually requires.
Insulation
Ceiling and underfloor insulation has to meet the standard, and insulation put in years ago has often compacted below it. We check what is there against what is required.
Ventilation
Openable windows in the living areas and bedrooms, and extractor fans in the kitchen and bathroom that vent outside, not up into the roof space.
Moisture and drainage
Working guttering, downpipes and drainage that carry water away from the building, plus a ground moisture barrier where the subfloor is enclosed.
Draught stopping
No unreasonable gaps or holes that cause noticeable draughts, and unused open fireplaces and chimneys blocked off.
The result
A clear pass or fail on every standard, with the photos and measurements behind it, in one compliance statement you can attach to the tenancy.
What the assessment covers, and what it does not.
An assessment tells you where your property stands. It does not, on its own, make it compliant. Here is exactly where the line sits.
In every assessment
- A check against all five Healthy Homes Standards
- The heating capacity calculation for the main living room
- Insulation, ventilation, drainage and draught stopping assessed and photographed
- A written compliance statement you can attach to the tenancy
- Clear notes on what is needed to comply, wherever it falls short
- Same day delivery by 6pm, and a call to walk you through it
Where we draw the line
- We assess and document. We do not install heaters, insulation, fans or barriers, that is separate work for the relevant trade
- The assessment reflects the property on the day it is inspected
- Where a standard turns on product specs or installer paperwork, we tell you what is needed to confirm it
- This is a Healthy Homes assessment, not a pre-purchase or building inspection, which is a different report
A compliance statement you can rely on.
The law says every new or renewed tenancy has to include a statement of where the property sits against the standards. Guess at it, and you are the one who signed it.
Ours takes a position. Each standard gets a clear pass or fail, backed by photos and the measurements behind it, plus what it would take to fix anything that falls short. Booked before 10am, it is in your inbox by 6pm, ready to attach to the tenancy.
From $199, shown before you book.
What is included
- A check against all five Healthy Homes Standards
- The heating capacity calculation
- A written compliance statement, photographed
- Delivered the same day, by 6pm
What moves the price is the size and layout of the property. The full figure is shown before you book, and nothing is added at the end.
Book an assessmentIn New Zealand, anyone can sign off a Healthy Homes assessment.
There is no licence required to assess a rental against the standards, and a tick box job that misses a failing heater or thin insulation leaves you holding the risk, because your name is on the compliance statement, not the assessor's.
Every Datum assessment runs the actual heating calculation, checks each standard against what it really requires, and is fully photographed, so the statement stands on what we measured, not on a quick look around.
Why that matters, and who does the work →
Same day, end to end.
No wait while a new tenancy sits in limbo. Book in the morning, know where you stand by the evening.
Book
Lock in a time before 10am. Send us the address, and tell us if there is a tenancy date you are working to.
Assess
We go through the property against all five standards, run the heating calculation, and photograph as we go.
Statement
A full compliance statement lands in your inbox the same day, ready to attach to the tenancy.
Other inspections and services.
A Healthy Homes assessment is one part of what we do. Here is the rest of the range across Auckland.
Know exactly what you are buying before you sign.
Get ahead of the buyer's inspection before you list.
Catch the defects before you accept the keys.
Find water in the walls before it spreads.
See the heat, damp and gaps a camera reveals.
A close look at the roof without setting foot on it.
Screening for methamphetamine contamination.
What fails on Auckland rentals.
Auckland's rental stock skews old, and older homes are exactly where the standards bite. Villas and post war houses with little or no underfloor insulation, large living rooms a modest heat pump cannot legally warm, and bathrooms venting into the roof space rather than outside. The most common fail is heating: a heat pump can look more than capable and still fall short of the size the formula requires, because the person who sold it never ran that calculation. We do.
Healthy Homes, answered.
Yes. Since 1 July 2025, every private rental in New Zealand has had to comply with all five standards. It is no longer a deadline you are working toward, it is a requirement that is already in force.
Heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture ingress and drainage, and draught stopping. Each one sets a minimum a rental has to meet, and a property has to pass all five to comply.
A tenant can take you to the Tenancy Tribunal. It can order the work done and award the tenant up to $7,200 per breach. You may also be unable to lease the property until it is fixed. These figures and the process sit under the Residential Tenancies Act, so it is worth checking the current detail on the Tenancy Services website.
You can. The law lets a landlord complete their own compliance statement, and Tenancy Services publishes a template. The catch is that the standards are technical, the calculations are easy to get wrong, and your name is on the statement. An independent assessment takes that risk off you.
A written compliance statement covering all five standards, with a clear pass or fail on each, the photos and measurements behind it, and what it would take to fix anything that falls short. You can attach it straight to the tenancy agreement.
No. We assess and document where the property stands and what it needs. The actual work, a bigger heater, more insulation, a new extractor fan, is carried out by the relevant trade. Keeping the assessment independent of the fix is the point.
Most assessments take an hour or two on site, depending on the property. Booked before 10am, the compliance statement is in your inbox by 6pm the same day.
From $199. The full price is shown before you book and varies with the size and layout of the property. Nothing is added at the end.
Compliant, and able to prove it.
Tell us the property and any tenancy date you are working to. Book before 10am and your compliance statement is with you the same day, anywhere in Auckland.
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