Locks and window latches: securing a Melton South rental
Two of the 15 rental minimum standards are about keeping a home secure. What the locks and windows standards ask for, and where Melton South houses fall short.
A Victorian rental now has to meet all 15 minimum standards before it is listed for lease. We inspect your Melton South property against each one and hand you a clear list of what to fix.
One of our inspectors will call you back. If it is urgent, call 1300 471 805.
Assessed against Schedule 4 of the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021 (Vic), the 15 rental minimum standards as Consumer Affairs Victoria names them. We look, open, close and lock by hand, record each standard as met or not met, and photograph what we find.
36 checkpoints across 15 areas on a standard Melton South rental minimum standards (Victoria) inspection. Anything locked, sealed or stacked over on the day is written up as not inspected. Work we could not reach is never recorded as satisfactory.
Any of these would keep a Melton South rental off the market until it is repaired, from a door that will not latch to a shower leaking under the floor.
Two of the 15 rental minimum standards are about keeping a home secure. What the locks and windows standards ask for, and where Melton South houses fall short.
A shower that leaks into the floor can fail three rental standards at once. How bathrooms, toilets and mould and damp connect in a Melton South home.
A Victorian rental must be structurally sound and weatherproof. Which cracks matter for a Melton South rental, and which are only cosmetic.
New Construction Stage Inspections Seven checks through a Melton South build, each timed for the point before the work disappears. 
Pre-Handover (PCI) Inspections The inspection before keys, where cracks and tolerances get measured instead of argued about. 
Pre-Purchase Building Inspections What a western corridor home is really like behind the presentation, under AS 4349.1. 
Building and Pest Inspections Building and timber pest together, starting with whether the termite notice exists at all. 
Defect Investigation Reports Measuring what failed against what was required, so the discussion stops being a matter of opinion. 
Dilapidation Reports A dated photographic record of your property before building starts next door. Expert Witness Reports Drawn to the VCAT expert evidence practice note where a dispute reaches the tribunal. 
Pre-Listing Inspections See what a buyer's inspector will see, ahead of listing your home. 
Insurance Claim Assessments Independent damage assessment prepared to support your insurance claim. Instant online pricing, or talk to the booking team on 1300 471 805.
Bathrooms, electrical safety, heating, kitchen, laundry, lighting, locks, mould and damp, structural soundness, toilets, ventilation, vermin proof bins, windows, window coverings and window covering anchors. They sit in Schedule 4 of the Residential Tenancies Regulations 2021 and apply to houses, units and townhouses alike.
Not if it falls short. From 25 November 2025 a rental must meet every standard before it is advertised or offered for lease, not just by the day the renter moves in. The standards apply to agreements made from 29 March 2021, and to earlier ones once they rolled over to periodic after that date.
It does not certify electrical safety, and it does not replace the two-yearly gas and electrical safety checks or the yearly smoke alarm check, which belong to a licensed electrician or gasfitter. Heaters, cooktops, ovens and other appliances are recorded as present, never operated or tested. We do not test for asbestos, identify mould species, inspect for timber pests or open up walls and floors, and rooming houses have separate standards. Any part of the home we could not get into on the day is named in the report.
A licensed electrician. Electrical safety is one of the 15 standards, and we photograph the switchboard so you know what is fitted before the electrician arrives, but signing it off is the electrician's job, not ours.
The price depends on the size of the home. Fill in the quote form and you will see the price for your property before you book anything.
Most Melton South homes take one to two hours on site, and the report arrives within 24 hours of the inspection.
The report marks it not met, shows the photograph and says what needs doing. Once the work is finished you can book a follow-up visit for written confirmation. A renter who moves into a home that does not comply can ask for an urgent repair or end the agreement before moving in, and the Consumer Affairs Victoria Renting Taskforce can issue penalties.
No. The condition report records how the property looks so the bond can be settled fairly later. This inspection answers a different question, whether the property can legally be rented at all. Do it first, clear the fix list, then write the condition report.
They fail differently. Older brick homes tend to fall short on worn latches, sticking windows, cracking and damp, while newer estate houses more often lack window coverings, cord anchors or an exhaust fan that vents outside.
Melton South 3338 and the rest of the City of Melton, including Melton, Melton West, Kurunjang, Brookfield, Weir Views and Cobblebank. A registered building practitioner carries out every inspection.