A freeholder fire risk assessment is fundamentally a fire risk assessment that is required for the communal areas of a block of flats (converted or purpose-built) which is required to satisfy the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Act 2005. If you are the freeholder that is responsible for a flat or for the maintenance of the whole building, then it will be your responsibility to obtain a fire risk assessment.
It is sometimes a grey area, confirming who is responsible for a fire risk assessment. If there are say six flats off a communal areas with 6 separate freeholders then you are all jointly responsible for ensuring a fire risk assessment is completed for the communal areas.
It is effectively no different to a Landlord fire risk assessment. The most important thing is that a fire risk assessment is completed for the communal areas rather than arguing about who is responsible and not having one completed.
We specialise in carrying out freeholder and landlord fire risk assessments and can carry these out at short notice if required.
To find our more about our residential fire risk assessments please click here:
https://www.whalefire.co.uk/newsdetail.aspx?id=320
If you are asking ‘Do I need a Fire Risk Assessment to sell my flat, then please see this article here:
https://www.whalefire.co.uk/newsdetail.aspx?id=313
For all London Fire Risk Assessments please click on our Fire Risk Assessments London page here:
https://www.whalefire.co.uk/london/fire-risk-assessments-london.aspx
