Fire Risk Assessment

RhiRhi33

We are selling our little one bed flat and have been told that we need to do a Fire Risk Assessment. Our building is just a residential house that has been split into two units, we live on the ground floor and there are no shared areas of the building. We have completely separate entrances and outdoor spaces. I'd prefer to do the assessment ourselves as it's looking like a £300-400 cost for something that is really just a formality and ticking a legal box.

That being said I've found some templates online but they seem to be for office buildings or apartment buildings. Does anyone have any experience with doing this themselves for a small residential property? Does the assessment have to be done on the whole building or just our flat? Any advice on where to start would be much appreciated! 

Letsgetmoving

Who has told you to do the Risk Assessment?

AlexMac

Look at 
https://www.lease-advice.org/faq/fire-risk-assessment/#:~:text=In%20order%20to%20be%20able,required%20to%20have%20a%20FRA.

which, with its links implies that the FRA need only cover common areas, and whether or not I’ve got that right, you can DIY

Bigphil1474

I think they are only required on common areas and should be done by the freeholder or managing company. If you don't have any common areas then there doesn't seem to be any need to do one.

RhiRhi33

Letsgetmoving said:

Who has told you to do the Risk Assessment?

Our solicitor, it came up in the enquiries from the buyer's solicitor. There are no shared common areas of the building. I'm struggling to see any precedent that says we need one.