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Rental property Inspected by County Council

Yllonnoc · 2013-12-30 15:48:06

Hello, I have a rental property which has recently been inspected by the County Council. One of the requirements was that the bathrooms upstairs have extractor fans. Both bathrooms have windows, so I cannot understand the requirement for this. This is the document the county council representative referred me to:…

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#32 04-01-2014 1:30am
Victor

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quietsailor wrote: »

I had the similar inspection with Cork City council. It's an old house so it has draughts like all old houses. The lad inspecting it pointed out that it had to have xmm2 ventilation (can't remember the exact figure), I just looked at him for 20 secs and he burst out laughing - the problem in Ireland is stopping the free flow of air in our houses, not increasing it.

Actually, what rules are there about preventing draughts at doors and windows?

quietsailor wrote: »

If the owner is going to argue the point I doubt they are going to let any further inspections happen either.

Then either the judge is going to order a further inspection or will fill the property owner guilty.

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