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HMO Fire Risk Assessment

An HMO landlord or manager is a Responsible Person for the common parts and must ensure a fire risk assessment is carried out and kept under review. Local authorities commonly attach conditions to an HMO licence that require one, and can serve improvement or prohibition notices under the Housing Act 2004. Penalties include unlimited fines, and banning orders are available under the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

Duty summary

England & Wales

Duty
HMO Fire Risk Assessment
Instrument
Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which covers the common parts of an HMO
Also
Housing Act 2004 and the Housing Health and Safety Rating System, enforced by the local housing authority
Standard
LACORS national fire safety guidance for existing housing, which for a typical shared house points to a Grade D LD2 system described in BS 5839-6
Frequency
Reviewed regularly; licence conditions commonly expect an annual review
Carried out by
A competent person
Guide price
£150 – £400 per property

Guide price only. The firm we pass your enquiry to sets its own price once it knows the building.

What changes the price

The band above is a guide. What a firm actually quotes for HMO fire risk assessment turns on a handful of things about the building:

  • number of storeys and bedrooms
  • whether the property is licensed or mandatory-licensable
  • existing alarm grade and coverage
  • condition of fire doors to bedrooms and the escape route
  • whether the layout is a shared house or fully self-contained flats

How the enquiry works

  1. You send the details of the building on this page.
  2. We pass them to a fire safety firm working in that area.
  3. That firm contacts you directly and quotes its own price.
  4. You deal with them from there. We take no part in the work.

Where we cover

54 areas · 54 with a local page

Sources and review

Checked against Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Housing Act 2004, LACORS fire safety guidance and BS 5839-6 on . We recheck this page against the legislation quarterly, and sooner if the law changes. Spotted something wrong? Tell us at enquiries@leicesterfireriskassessment.co.uk and we will correct it.

This page is general information about fire safety law in England and Wales. It is not a fire risk assessment and it is not legal advice. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 the Responsible Person must ensure an assessment is carried out by a competent person.