Advertising a Tarneit rental: meeting the minimum standards first

In short: Inspect against the 15 standards before the listing goes live, fix what fails, confirm it, then complete the condition report. Leave the electrical and gas items to the licensed trades and book them early.

What changed in November 2025

Until 25 November 2025 the standards had to be met by the day a renter moved in. Now the property must comply before it is advertised or offered for rent at all, so a property manager listing a Tarneit house on a Friday needs the fix list closed before then, not during the first week of the tenancy.

Start with the standards inspection

Book it as soon as the outgoing renter hands back the keys. An empty house shows everything: blinds that will not close, a latch missing from a bedroom window, a laundry tap with no hot water, mould behind where the furniture stood.

Then the trade checks

Electrical safety is one of the fifteen standards but only a licensed electrician can sign it off. Gas and electrical safety checks every two years, and the yearly smoke alarm check, are separate again. The inspection report tells you which trade to call, so one visit from each can cover everything.

Tarneit houses fail on small things

Most Tarneit rentals are houses less than twenty years old, so structural failures are rare. What fails is detail: an outside door that no longer latches after the slab has moved, a window with its latch removed, a new blind fitted without a cord anchor.

Close it out

Fix the list, get the items confirmed in writing, and then do the entry condition report. Doing it in that order means the condition report records the property as it was actually handed over.

Written by our local inspection team from work carried out in Tarneit. Licensed building practitioners.