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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 Oldham 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. Oldham has the oldest housing stock of any town in the Cheshire group, and age is what drives the findings here.
An out-of-date or missing fire risk assessment is a breach of the Fire Safety Order, and unaddressed risks can invalidate your buildings insurance in the event of an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.
29.9% of Oldham's 57,155 homes pre-date 1930, the highest share of any town in the Cheshire group. Nearly a third of the housing was built before modern fire separation was a design consideration at all, and where those buildings have since been divided into flats, the communal areas are working harder than they were ever designed to.
Flats are 14.9% of the stock, around 8,516 properties. Tenure spreads the duty widely: 8,849 homes are privately rented and 22.3% socially rented, so most of those communal areas answer to a landlord or a registered provider. Across the Oldham authority area, 2,680 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. With 29.9% of Oldham homes pre-dating 1930, the highest share in this group, older converted property is where the duty most often bites. If your business has 5 or more employees the assessment must be kept in writing.
Most commonly, gaps in the separation between flats that were never completed when the building was divided, front doors to flats that do not hold fire for long enough, a single staircase serving every flat with no protection, and detection that covers the flats but not the shared route out. None of those are exotic, and all of them are the sort of thing an assessment exists to put on paper and prioritise.
Fire risk assessments in Oldham 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.