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Budget-friendly moving service. Trusted by thousands of customers across NZ. Door to Door delivery. Same Day service. Fixed Prices.

9.6 by our customers

What are you moving?

• 

  — purchase pickup from trademe.co.nz
• Item

  — furniture, electronic, antique, box, vehicle part etc.
  • — Furniture

    sofa, table, bed, bookcase, chest, drawer etc.
  • — Item

    packed item, electronic, bicycle, box etc.
• Move

  — home move, office move, storage move
  • — Home
  • — Office
  • — Storage
• Vehicle

  — car, motorcycle, RV, truck and other motor vehicles
  • — Car

    sedan, minivan, 4x4, pickup, sports car, coupe etc.
  • — Motorcycle

    chopper, superbike, moped, scooter etc.
  • — Other vehicle

    truck, bus, RV, tractor and other motor vehicles and etc.
• Boat

  — powerboat, sailboat, houseboat, jet ski, watercraft etc.
• Piano

  — grand piano, upright piano, digital piano etc.
• Animal

  — pet, livestock
  • — Pet

    cat, dog, bird, horse, etc
  • — Livestock

    sheep, cattle, deer. etc
• Junk

  — junk clearance, rubbish removal etc.
• Other

  — heavy, farm equipment, construction material etc.

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$360

2 bedroom house move

Auckland, Saint Heliers

Auckland, Kohimarama

10

Louise

Reviewed 23 hours ago

Excellent service! Would definitely use again. Thanks a lot!

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Smoke alarms might not be high on your list of items to check when moving house, but they should be. Smoke alarms help protect you, your family and your possessions during a house fire.

Around 80% of fatal house fires in New Zealand take place in homes without installed or working smoke alarms.

New Zealand has strict rules around fire safety for landlords, renovations and new builds. However, existing homes are optional to come equipped with smoke alarms. No matter where you’re moving, it's a good idea to know the laws and recommendations around smoke alarms, as they could save your life one day.

How many smoke alarms are required for new homes?

If you’re building or renovating, the New Zealand building code requires you to fit smoke alarms in your new home. You’ll need to install smoke alarms in every escape route and within three metres of every sleeping space.

If your home only has one hallway, you may only be required to install one smoke alarm, especially if all bedrooms come off this escape route.

While one smoke alarm might be enough to meet the Building Code, Fire and Emergency New Zealand recommended placing smoke alarms inside each bedroom and living space.

It is best to also fit heat alarms in the kitchen and bathroom. Smoke alarms in the kitchen can get set off easily from cooking, so a heat alarm is a good alternative.

How many smoke alarms are required for rental properties?

If you are a tenant, your landlord is responsible for installing and paying for working smoke alarms in your home. However, as the tenant, you are responsible for alerting your landlord when the alarms need maintenance (like new batteries). You can also be at fault if you remove batteries from working smoke alarms and don’t replace them.

Your landlord must install a smoke alarm within three metres of each bedroom or sleeping quarter, on each level of a multi-story home and in any self-contained sleep-outs, caravans or areas used for sleeping.

What type of smoke alarm should you buy?

There are two main types of safety systems you should look for: alarm-detection type and battery type. Smoke alarms detect smoke in two ways - either photoelectric or ionisation alarms.

Ionisation alarms are cheaper and more common but get set off easier than photoelectric alarms. Photoelectric alarms are more expensive but can detect slow-smouldering fires before they explode.

Photoelectric and interconnected smoke alarms

Fire and Emergency New Zealand recommends that homeowners and landlords use photoelectric smoke alarms as these are the most effective at detecting slow-smouldering fires. Slow-smouldering fires can burn for a long time before bursting into flame.

Interconnected smoke alarms are also great because one can trigger all smoke alarms in a home to go off. Interconnected alarms give everyone within the house more time to get to safety during a fire. This is especially important in multi-level homes where a downstairs fire may prevent upstairs tenants from getting out quickly.

Long life batteries

Most smoke alarms come with built-in sealed batteries, which last around ten years. If you’re unsure what type of smoke alarm you have, turn it over.

If you can open your smoke alarm and easily remove the battery, you have an alarm with a regular 9-vault battery. Regular batteries only last around a year before they need to be replaced. If your smoke alarm has a sealed battery, your alarms are equipped with a long-life battery. You won’t need to replace these batteries at all. You will need to replace the whole alarm every ten years.

Hard-wired smoke alarms

If you are building a new home or renovating it, consider installing hard-wired smoke alarms into your power or security system. While you won’t have to worry about changing out batteries, you will need a backup battery system installed in case of a power cut.

Smoke alarms for deaf/hard of hearing

Specialised smoke alarm systems are a good idea if you live with someone who is deaf or hard of hearing. These alarms are fitted with additional features like loud or lowered pitch sounds, flashing lights, or vibrational effects. Fire and Emergency New Zealand also recommends interconnected hard-wired alarms fitted alongside strobe lights and bed shaking devices for maximum impact.

Smoke alarm safety tips

The following safety tips will keep your smoke alarm performing at its best.

1. Only remove batteries from a smoke alarm if you are replacing them.
2. Replace your smoke alarm battery when it first begins to chirp. Don’t wait for the battery to die or remove it to stop it from chirping.
3. Vacuum your smoke alarm every six months.
4. Test your smoke alarm once a month.
5. Replace your smoke alarms every ten years.

How to install a smoke alarm

Before you install a smoke alarm, determine the best place for it in your home. Ideally, you should have one smoke alarm in every room. New Zealand law requires rental properties and new builds to install smoke alarms in hallways or corridors that double as emergency exits.

Placing the alarm on the ceiling is best, although you can install a smoke alarm on a wall near the ceiling.

Ensure your smoke alarm is more than 30cm from the wall or ceiling corners. Install your alarm away from extractor fans, light fittings, or fireplaces.

To install a smoke alarm in your home, you’ll need to gather the following things:

• Smoke alarm
• Screws
• Hammer
• Screwdriver
• Cordless drill
• Pencil
• Stepladder

1. Use the baseplate of a smoke alarm to mark where to place the screw holes on your ceiling.
2. Drill holes into the marked-out surface.
3. Insert the plasterboard anchors for the baseplate and tap them into the ceiling with a hammer.
4. Attach your baseplate to the ceiling by screwing it in using the freshly drilled holes.
5. Attach your smoke alarm to the baseplate.
6. Test your smoke alarm.

Once your smoke alarm is working, make a note on a calendar to test your smoke alarm in six months. An easy way to remember to test your smoke alarms is to do it at daylight savings.

If you’re moving to a new home, make sure your home for smoke alarms. If your home doesn’t have many smoke alarms, install them within the first few weeks of living there. This could help save your life.

Moving companies services at low-cost

Budget-friendly moving service. Trusted by thousands of customers across NZ. Door to Door delivery. Same Day service. Fixed Prices.

9.6 by our customers

What are you moving?

• 

  — purchase pickup from trademe.co.nz
• Item

  — furniture, electronic, antique, box, vehicle part etc.
  • — Furniture

    sofa, table, bed, bookcase, chest, drawer etc.
  • — Item

    packed item, electronic, bicycle, box etc.
• Move

  — home move, office move, storage move
  • — Home
  • — Office
  • — Storage
• Vehicle

  — car, motorcycle, RV, truck and other motor vehicles
  • — Car

    sedan, minivan, 4x4, pickup, sports car, coupe etc.
  • — Motorcycle

    chopper, superbike, moped, scooter etc.
  • — Other vehicle

    truck, bus, RV, tractor and other motor vehicles and etc.
• Boat

  — powerboat, sailboat, houseboat, jet ski, watercraft etc.
• Piano

  — grand piano, upright piano, digital piano etc.
• Animal

  — pet, livestock
  • — Pet

    cat, dog, bird, horse, etc
  • — Livestock

    sheep, cattle, deer. etc
• Junk

  — junk clearance, rubbish removal etc.
• Other

  — heavy, farm equipment, construction material etc.

Get Prices

$360

2 bedroom house move

Auckland, Saint Heliers

Auckland, Kohimarama

10

Louise

Reviewed 23 hours ago

Excellent service! Would definitely use again. Thanks a lot!

Read all reviews