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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 Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding North Somerset 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. A third of the town's homes are flats, so the communal-area duty applies unusually widely for a town of this size.
An out-of-date or missing fire risk assessment is a breach of the Fire Safety Order, and unaddressed risks can invalidate your buildings insurance in the event of an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.
Weston-super-Mare has a flat share that would not look out of place in a city. 33.8% of its 32,475 homes are flats, around 10,977 properties, on the smallest housing stock in the Gloucester group. Proportionally, that is a heavier communal-area duty than Cheltenham, Gloucester or Worcester carry.
The stock behind it is old: 23.0% pre-dates 1930. Large seafront and townhouse properties built for single occupation and later divided are the recognisable local pattern, and the fire safety questions they raise are the conversion ones, a single original staircase, separation between dwellings, and flat entrance doors. Tenure reinforces it, with 7,181 homes privately rented, 24.9% of the stock. Across the North Somerset authority area, 2,668 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. 33.8% of homes here are flats, a higher share than in most towns of this size, so communal-area assessments are common locally. If your business has 5 or more employees the assessment must be kept in writing.
Where the property has shared areas used by more than one household, the Fire Safety Order applies to those shared parts and an assessment is required. HMO licensing is a separate housing requirement handled by the council, and satisfying licence conditions does not discharge the Order. Both can apply to the same building at the same time.
Fire risk assessments in Weston-super-Mare 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.