Property inspection

If you suspect there is a health hazard in your home, you should first contact the property owner or their representative (the property manager, the chair of the board, or the landlord), who is obliged to investigate the cause of the problem and rectify the issues.

If the owner of a flat or other accommodation fails to take the necessary investigative and remedial action despite justified requests, the occupant may contact the environmental health inspector. To have the matter investigated, a request for an inspection can be made to the environmental health inspector using the flat inspection request form.

Following your request for an inspection, an environmental health inspector will contact you to arrange a specific date and time for the property inspection. Other relevant parties, such as the landlord, the property manager and a representative of the housing association, are asked to attend the inspection. An inspection report will be drawn up and sent to those present at the inspection. Based on the inspection, the environmental health inspector will assess any potential health hazards in the property and, if necessary, issue a recommendation to the person responsible for the property regarding any need for further investigation or repairs to the property. The first inspection is always free of charge.

When investigating a health hazard in a dwelling at the request or on the orders of the health protection authority, the building inspector must hold the qualification of a building health expert in accordance with the Housing Health Regulation (545/2015). 

Environmental health inspectors do not carry out inspections of premises used solely as workspaces or holiday homes, nor do they conduct condition surveys in connection with the sale or purchase of a property. It is recommended that condition surveys be carried out by a qualified structural condition surveyor.

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