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Fire risk assessments for commercial premises, blocks of flats and HMOs.
Over 19 years experience providing property surveys for all building types.
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Easy EPC provides fire risk assessments for commercial premises, the communal areas of blocks of flats, and HMOs across Bath and the surrounding areas.
Our assessors survey the premises, identify the fire risks, and produce a clear written report with an overall risk rating, prioritised action points, and the timescale for the next review.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person for any commercial premises must have a suitable fire risk assessment. If the business has 5 or more employees, it must be kept in writing.
For residential property, landlords and freeholders are responsible for assessing the communal areas of any block of flats, including houses converted into two or more flats, and the assessment must cover the front doors of the individual flats. Bath has the oldest housing stock in this tier, and protected fabric shapes what an assessment can realistically recommend.
An out-of-date or missing fire risk assessment is a breach of the Fire Safety Order, and unaddressed risks can invalidate your buildings insurance in the event of an incident.
34.6% of Bath's 37,776 homes pre-date 1930, the highest share anywhere in this tier, and 33.4% are flats, around 12,617 properties. In most towns those two categories describe different buildings. In Bath they largely describe the same ones: Georgian terraces built as single houses and divided into flats generations later.
That combination is the hardest version of the communal-area problem. The escape route is a single original staircase, the building is often listed or in a conservation area, and the alterations that would most obviously improve matters are frequently the ones that cannot be made. An assessment in Bath therefore leans heavily on detection, on the fire resistance of flat entrance doors, and on management, because those are the levers that remain. 10,086 homes are privately rented, 30.3% of the stock. Across the Bath and North East Somerset authority area, 2,837 commercial premises hold a valid commercial EPC.
Housing and commercial figures from the MHCLG EPC register (valid certificates, May 2026).
If you are responsible for a commercial premises, or you are the landlord of a block of flats (including a house converted into two or more flats), the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires a fire risk assessment. 33.4% of Bath homes are flats and 34.6% of the stock pre-dates 1930, the oldest in this tier, so period conversions with shared staircases are the local norm. If your business has 5 or more employees the assessment must be kept in writing.
Less than in a modern building, which is precisely why the assessment matters. Where fabric is protected, the practical levers are detection, the fire resistance of the flat entrance doors, keeping the escape route clear and properly managed, and in some cases upgrading existing joinery rather than replacing it. The legal duty does not relax because a building is listed; what changes is which remedies are available, and a good assessment says so explicitly rather than recommending work that will never receive consent.
Fire risk assessments in Bath start from £199.95+VAT. The exact price depends on the size and complexity of the premises. A small block's communal areas cost less to assess than a large commercial building. Contact Easy EPC for a free, no-obligation quote.
Your fire risk assessment should be reviewed regularly and updated whenever something changes that could make it outdated, for example a change of layout, use, or occupancy. Your report states the timescale for the next review.
A written report highlighting any fire risks found, an overall risk rating for the property, the priority and timescale for any action needed, and the timescale for the next review. Each element is categorised so you can see at a glance where intervention is needed.
Get a no-obligation quote for your fire risk assessment. Our team will respond during opening hours.