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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 Stockport 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. Stockport carries a mix of purpose-built blocks and older converted property, and the assessment differs between them.
An out-of-date or missing fire risk assessment is a breach of the Fire Safety Order, and unaddressed risks can invalidate your buildings insurance in the event of an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.
Stockport pairs a substantial flat stock with genuinely old housing. Of its 70,343 homes with a valid EPC, 23.0% are flats, around 16,179 properties, and 22.7% of the stock pre-dates 1930. Where those two overlap, in a Victorian or Edwardian house divided into flats, is where communal-area assessments do the most work.
The tell in an older conversion is the staircase. A building designed for one household usually has a single flight, and subdividing it puts several front doors onto that one escape route without adding a second. 8,905 Stockport homes are privately rented and 15.4% socially rented. Across the Stockport authority area, 3,673 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 16,179 Stockport homes are flats, and the duty covers their communal areas. If your business has 5 or more employees the assessment must be kept in writing.
The shared parts: the entrance, hallway, staircase and landings, along with the front doors of the individual flats, which have to resist fire for long enough for people to get out. In a house originally built for one family there is usually a single staircase serving every flat, so the assessment concentrates on protecting that route, on detection, and on whether the compartmentation between flats was actually completed when the building was divided.
Fire risk assessments in Stockport 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.