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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 Bristol 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. Bristol combines that duty at scale with a large stock of older buildings that were divided into flats long after they were built.
An out-of-date or missing fire risk assessment is a breach of the Fire Safety Order, and unaddressed risks can invalidate your buildings insurance in the event of an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.
Bristol is the largest city in the Gloucester group and second only to Manchester across the whole tier. Of its 251,848 homes with a valid EPC, 32.4% are flats, around 81,599 properties whose communal areas fall under the Fire Safety Order.
What distinguishes Bristol from a purpose-built city is how much of that flat stock is conversion rather than new build. 23.1% of the housing pre-dates 1930, and a Georgian or Victorian house divided into flats typically retains one original staircase serving several front doors, with no second means of escape and separation between dwellings that may never have been completed properly. 53,266 homes are privately rented, a quarter of the city, so most of those communal areas answer to a landlord. Across the Bristol authority area, 7,028 commercial premises hold a valid commercial EPC, each with a responsible person who needs a current assessment.
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. Bristol has around 81,599 flats and 53,266 privately rented homes, so communal-area assessments are among the most common requirements in the city. If your business has 5 or more employees the assessment must be kept in writing.
A house built for one family and later divided keeps the layout it was given, which usually means a single staircase serving every flat and no alternative route out. The assessment concentrates on protecting that route, on whether the flat entrance doors hold fire for long enough, on detection in the shared parts, and on whether the compartmentation between flats was actually finished when the building was converted. With 23.1% of Bristol's stock pre-dating 1930, this is the common local case.
Fire risk assessments in Bristol 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.
The communal areas are the responsibility of whoever controls them, which is normally the freeholder or the managing agent rather than the individual flat owners. Where flats have been sold off separately, the freeholder retains the shared parts and the duty travels with them. Individual leaseholders remain responsible for their own front doors as part of the shared route.
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.