Last updated: 2026-04-25

The four cert types

Anchorlet's compliance dashboard tracks four Irish-specific records per property. Each one has a known validity window, an authority that issues it, and a default renewal cadence.

BER (Building Energy Rating)

  • Issued by: SEAI-registered assessors.
  • Required when: advertising the property for rent or sale, and at change of tenancy.
  • Validity: 10 years (120 months) from issue date.
  • What Anchorlet stores: rating (A1–G), certificate number, issue date, expiry date.

RTB Registration

  • Issued by: Residential Tenancies Board (RTB).
  • Required when: any tenancy starts. Annual renewal under the Residential Tenancies Act.
  • Validity: 12 months from registration.
  • What Anchorlet stores: registration number, issued date, expiry date.

The 2026 RTA changes brought 6-year tenancy cycles for some categories — the registration itself still renews annually regardless.

Gas Safety Certificate

  • Issued by: an RGI (Registered Gas Installer in Ireland).
  • Required when: annually for any property with gas appliances.
  • Validity: 12 months from issue.
  • What Anchorlet stores: engineer name, Gas Safe number, certificate number, issue + expiry dates.

If the property has no gas (electric-only heating, no gas hob), this record is optional — leave it blank.

Electrical Safety Certificate

  • Issued by: a Safe Electric / RECI / ECSSA-registered electrician.
  • Required when: every 4 years for periodic inspection. Some property types vary — check with your electrician.
  • Validity: 48 months by default (overridable per record).
  • What Anchorlet stores: electrician name, certificate number, issue + expiry dates.

How records work

  • One active record per (property, type). Uploading a new BER for a property soft-deletes the old one — but the soft-deleted record stays in Recently Deleted for 30 days if you need to roll back.
  • Records can be created manually (typed in via Add manually) or extracted (auto-pulled from an uploaded cert PDF).
  • Status pills colour-code by urgency: Expired / Critical (≤7 days) / Warning (≤30 days) / Upcoming (≤60 days) / OK.

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