Get your home sale-ready

We'll make sure your smoke alarms meet QLD regulations so your sale goes through without a hitch

Find your smoke alarm solution

Do I need to upgrade my alarms?

By getting our Home Seller Compliance Check, you’ll know exactly if your smoke alarms meet the legal requirements or if an upgrade is needed before selling.

What are the current smoke alarm laws in Queensland when selling?

View our range of resources including details about Queensland smoke alarm legislation.

I need to upgrade my alarms

If you need to upgrade your alarms for selling your property, we’ll ensure your smoke alarms meet the latest legal requirements for a smooth sale.

Unsure which option is right for you?
Request a callback.

Request a callback today, and one of our team members will assist you in upgrading your smoke alarms and ensuring your property is fully compliant.

Find your smoke alarm solution

Do I need to upgrade my alarms?

By getting our Home Seller Compliance Check, you’ll know exactly if your smoke alarms meet the legal requirements or if an upgrade is needed before selling.

What are the current smoke alarm laws in Queensland when selling?

View our range of resources including details about Queensland smoke alarm legislation.

I need to upgrade my alarms

If you need to upgrade your alarms for selling your property, we’ll ensure your smoke alarms meet the latest legal requirements for a smooth sale.

Unsure which option is right for you?

Request a callback today, and one of our team members will assist you in upgrading your smoke alarms and ensuring your property is fully compliant.

Find your smoke alarm solution

Do I need to upgrade my alarms?

By getting our Home Seller Compliance Check, you’ll know exactly if your smoke alarms meet the legal requirements or if an upgrade is needed before selling.

What are the current smoke alarm laws in Queensland when selling?

View our range of resources including details about Queensland smoke alarm legislation.

I need to upgrade my alarms

If you need to upgrade your alarms for selling your property, we’ll ensure your smoke alarms meet the latest legal requirements for a smooth sale.

Unsure which option is right for you?

Request a callback today, and one of our team members will assist you in upgrading your smoke alarms and ensuring your property is fully compliant.

Saving lives, one beep at a time

Stay cool, I’m on fire watch.

Test me monthly – it’s a sound idea!

I beep to protect, not to annoy!

Your first line of defense—loud and clear!

Don’t disable me – I’m your lifeline.

A beeping battery? Time to swap it!

Silence doesn’t mean I’m off duty!

Install me on every level for full coverage.

I sound off to give you time – use it wisely!

A little maintenance now can save you later.

Don’t wait for smoke to check if I work.

Your first line of defense—loud and clear!

Alarmingly good at my job.

Fighting fires with beeps.

Your loudest protector!

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Selling a residential Property?

Make Sure It’s Legally Compliant

Under Queensland smoke alarm legislation, homes sold after 1 January 2022 must meet strict requirements.

If your property doesn’t comply, you risk:

To meet the current laws, your property must have:

At Coast Smoke Alarms, we’re local experts who know the legislation inside and out. We’ve helped thousands of home sellers and are trusted by real estate agents across the Sunshine Coast. We’ll inspect, upgrade (if needed), and certify your property — so you’re fully compliant and sale-ready.

Home Seller Compliance Check - $99

Not sure if your smoke alarms are compliant? We’ll check.
Selling your property and need confirmation for your agent or conveyancer? We’ll inspect and test your smoke alarms to make sure they meet QLD legislation.

What’s Included:
– One of our friendly technicians will visit your property
– Full smoke alarm check and testing
– If everything’s compliant, we’ll issue your report
– If not, we’ll give you a clear quote for the upgrade — no pressure

Home Seller Upgrade Pricing

Every upgrade includes a 12-month service warranty

$134

per alarm

including GST & installation

$155

per alarm

including GST & installation

$169

per alarm

including GST & installation

  • Low risk of false alarms
  • All-in-One Smoke Alarm for every installation scenario
  • Operates as 10 year Battery Wireless or 240v hardwired
  • Quick and easy to install
  • 10 year warranty Lifespan of a smoke alarm
  • Mandatory controller (additional $40 per controller) to help locate triggering alarms
  • Designed to withstand: Humidity: up to 95%
  • Temp range: 0°c to 40°c
  • 1 month free after-care service
  • 12-month service warranty – free callout for product faults

$134

per alarm

including GST

  • Low risk of false alarms
  • Designed to cope with QLD harsh/humid environment
  • Australia’s smallest alarm
  • Danish design
  • Highest build quality and components – individually made by hand
  • Best value for money
  • Designed to withstand: Humidity: up to 95%
  • Temp range: -10°C to 70°C
  • 10-year warranty
  • Lifespan of a smoke alarm
  • 3 month free after-care service
  • Easy to locate triggering alarm
  • Quick and easy to deactivate sounding alarms
  • 12-month service warranty – free callout for product faults

$155

per alarm

including GST

All other brands

  • Brooks
  • RED
  • Le Grand
  • Matelec
  • PSA
  • Quell
  • Siterwell
  • Voltex
  • and many others

Not sure which alarm is right for your property?

We’ll help you choose the best fit for your home and budget — no pressure, just honest, expert advice.

Every upgrade includes a 12-month service warranty. If any alarm we install develops a fault within that period, we’ll attend and replace it if needed — at no cost to you. After the first 12-months, your product warranty with the manufacturer still applies, and we’re happy to assist with replacements. However, a service call-out fee will apply for our visit. Please note: if the issue is due to dirt, damage, or is not covered by the manufacturer’s warranty, a service fee may also apply. Want to know more? See full warranty terms

Check out our 5* reviews

Kerry Marais
Friendly, quick and efficient.
Rika Tsuchida
Gemma McCarthy
Fantastic service and knowledge. Installed 5 smoke alarms and had a great range of products at fair prices.
Inge Olsson
Desley Cash
PETER FRANCIS
Coast SA came out to service the smoke alarms in our home. Very pleased with the service from Mitch and Anne and have your their yearly service subscription. On time and very professional but friendly. Thanks to Coast SA.
Frances Roy
Great service from start to finish.
Thankyou Coast Smoke Alarms.
FR
Brett Fawcett
Coast Smoke Alarms were fantastic to deal with! Their team was professional, efficient, and made the entire process seamless from start to finish. They arrived on time, completed the work quickly, and ensured everything was up to standard. It’s great to work with a company that values both quality service and customer satisfaction. Highly recommend!
Julie Cotter
From the time that we first called Anne at Coast Smoke Alarms until Chad the technician, we experienced exceptional and expedient support from the team.
Anne was able to share her knowledge of processes that needed to be undertaken, and Chad was quickly on-site to address our needs. Chad was personable and professional in explaining what we needed to do in isolating the problem alarm, and after only a couple of days Chad was back and able to address our identified faulty alarm. We would highly recommend this team.
Judith Heib
melanie bird
Chris Dias
Friendly,explained what I needed without pushing for extras , professional from the office team to the installer.Thank you
Jeannette Bird
As usual excellent service both in admin and service of smoke alarms Jeannette Bird
Fairlie McIlwraith
Quick and efficient service
J_ Codey
Very professional service from start to finish. Cam arrived promptly and did a terrific job installing our smoke detectors. Would highly recommend this family run business.
Janine King
Great communication and customer service
Rod Mengede
Very polite and professional and installation was quick and clean thx guys
Sharon Baxter
Excellent service. Friendly and prompt. Would recommend.
Pamela
John Travolta was great.
Vanessa
Everything was great - easy to book with lovely admin staff and Mitch was fantastic and completed the safety check with ease
RICHARD DANIEL
Efficient , prompt service
Andrew Allen
Great service and very professional. Cameron (the tech) was very efficient and prompt in his attendance. Would recommend Coast Smoke Alarms for like services.
Leigh Fitzpatrick
All contact with Coast Smoke Alarms from initial call, to Cam coming to fit the new compliance Detector’s was easy and uncomplicated. Nothing too much trouble. Great staff members a credit to the company. This is my second time to use this company and service. If the need arises I have no hesitation to call and use again. Thanks
Steve Riley
Great team to use for smoke alarm compliance. Great communication and arrived on time.
Sam G
Very prompt service.
Tech Brad was very efficient fixing the issue & advised us how the product works.
Very friendly customer service from Brad & all the team.
Would recommend,
Many thanks.
Karen Johnson
Accommodated all of our needs whilst having to work to a very short timeframe to get home ready for settlement. Great follow up and lovely people to work with.
Andrew Hallier
Quick and efficient work with good customer service
Courtney Hunter
Great team to deal with, appreciate all the work you do for Bridgebury.
Highly recommend!
Judy
Cameron conducted the alarm safety check. His professionalism and friendliness were impressive. Coast Alarm’s has provided me with a consistently high level of service. I highly recommend them and will continue to use their services.
Jeff Yeo
Excellent service.
Great company.
Christine Mitchell
Coast smoke alarms are super responsive, very professional and call ahead with an ETA. Very easy to ensure you and your family are safe.
Johnny Boy
Thorough job thank you
lina Gough
Quick response, great service and good price
Keona John
Can not speak highly enough of Anne and the team at Coast Smoke Alarms. What an amazing support they have been. They are very professional and get the job done.
Roschelle Hawton
Effective communication, on time service. Great price. Highly recommend.
Philip White
So easy and fast to get us all up to date, thanks Mitch.
Noel Furmage
Lian Scott
If you are selling your home the new smoke alarm compliance certificate is recommended and sometimes required. I highly recommend Coast Smoke Alarms. They have been helping my clients in Noosa Hinterland with making sure they are all ready for settlement day. Anne and Mitch are professional and personable and have made Smoke Alarm Installation and Compliance a breeze. Thank you so much.
Lian Scott - Suter Smith Cleine real estate.
William Leon
Good and prompt service.
Jan Lane
Super efficient and obliging at very short notice. Have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone.
Belinda Ford (Retro Au Go Go)
Awesome from start to finish! Wonderful fast service from every member of the team...from panicked call from owner to delivery of compliance report in around 24 hours if not less! Even picked keys up from the agent for us....thank you so much for saving our settlement team!
City Street
Great service and a quick callback
Excellent install, thanks Jake
Can’t fault them
Will be calling back when I upgrade the whole house
Melinda Duranti
I like that they give the option of 3 different prices/types of alarms. They were speedy with replying and installing our new alarms. The work was tidy.
Nick Tompkins
Bruce Guild
On time and prompt service
Michelle Beck
Jake came, checked alarms and all done. A really lovely young man. Respect and a smile goes a long way.
Glenyce Ham
The nicest tradies on the Coast
Amy Bennett
Coast Smoke Alarms are an incredible partner to work with; their care of our clients is second to none & their professionalism is amazing. I would highly recommend them to anyone seeking a passionate & professional smoke alarm company.
Mick Palmer
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Home Seller Resources & Downloads

Ask Smokey - FAQs

An upgraded home complies with the latest requirements of the Fire and Emergency Services (Domestic Smoke Alarms) Amendment Bill 2016. Under this law, smoke alarms in properties for sale must be photoelectric, less than 10 years old, and meet the Australian Standard 3786:2014. They must also be interconnected so that all alarms activate simultaneously and be either hard-wired or powered by a non-removable 10-year lithium battery, or a combination of both.

In terms of placement, smoke alarms must be installed on every storey, in each bedroom, and in hallways that connect bedrooms to the rest of the property. If there is no hallway, the alarms should be positioned between the bedrooms and other areas of the storey.

It is important to note that existing hard-wired 240v alarms must not be replaced with wireless alarms. However, if you are installing an alarm in an area that currently has no alarm or only a 9v alarm, you may choose either a hard-wired or a 10-year lithium wireless alarm.

Yes, you must upgrade your smoke alarms before selling your property. As of January 1, 2022, all homes or units being sold must have hardwired, photoelectric, and interconnected smoke alarms. It is the seller’s responsibility to ensure the property is compliant before settlement.

The smoke alarms must be photoelectric (AS3786-2014) and must not contain an ionisation sensor. If the existing alarms are hardwired, they must be replaced with hardwired alarms. Otherwise, the new alarms can be either hardwired or powered by a non-removable 10-year battery, or a combination of both. Additionally, all smoke alarms must be interconnected so that they activate simultaneously.

Smoke alarms must be installed on every storey, in each bedroom, in hallways that connect bedrooms to the rest of the dwelling, and if there is no hallway, between the bedroom and other areas. If there are no bedrooms on a storey, at least one smoke alarm must be placed along the most likely exit path.

If your current smoke alarms do not meet these requirements, they must be upgraded before you sell your property.

Your property must have the upgraded smoke alarms installed before settlement.

Don’t let smoke alarms delay your sale or risk a 0.15% non-compliance deduction from your settlement money.

Our upgrade prices are per alarm and include GST and installation.  There are no hidden costs.

While the cheapest model on offer may be tempting, it is not always the best value. Quality smoke alarms may require more of an initial investment, but their higher quality components cope better with the harsh, humid Queensland environment.

At Coast Smoke Alarms, our preferred model of smoke alarm is Cavius. All Cavius smoke alarms are individually built by hand and contain the highest quality components. Backed by a 10-year warranty, the complete lifespan of the smoke alarm, these Danish-designed alarms are the best value for money alarms that we stock.

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