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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 Gloucester and the surrounding Gloucestershire towns.
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. Gloucester has newer housing than its neighbours, so the local duty leans towards purpose-built accommodation and workplaces.
An out-of-date or missing fire risk assessment is a breach of the Fire Safety Order, and unaddressed risks can invalidate your buildings insurance in the event of an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.
Gloucester is the newest-built town in the Gloucester group. Only 15.8% of its 58,333 homes pre-date 1930, against 22.8% in neighbouring Cheltenham and 34.6% in Bath. Flats are 19.9% of the stock, around 11,608 properties, and a greater share of those are purpose-built rather than converted than is the case elsewhere in this group.
That changes the emphasis. In a designed block the escape routes and compartmentation usually start out adequate, and what an assessment finds is more often about how the building is run: detection that has not been tested, fire doors propped open, communal areas used for storage. 9,701 Gloucester homes are privately rented and 13.7% socially rented. Across the Gloucester authority area, 1,638 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. Around 11,608 Gloucester homes are flats, and the duty covers their communal areas whatever the age of the block. If your business has 5 or more employees the assessment must be kept in writing.
Usually management rather than structure. The recurring findings are detection that has not been tested or has been isolated, fire doors wedged or held open, communal corridors and lobbies used to store bicycles, prams or furniture, and signage or emergency lighting that has stopped working. None of these are design faults, but each one undoes part of what the design was meant to achieve, which is why the Order requires the assessment to be kept current rather than done once.
Fire risk assessments in Gloucester 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.