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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 Wigan 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. Wigan has the lowest flat share in this group, so the duty here arrives more often through workplaces and shared houses than through blocks.
An out-of-date or missing fire risk assessment is a breach of the Fire Safety Order, and unaddressed risks can invalidate your buildings insurance in the event of an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.
Flats make up only 12.2% of Wigan's 58,619 homes, the lowest share in the Cheshire group. That does not make the duty rare, it changes where it comes from. It still amounts to around 7,152 properties with communal areas, and the more common local route into the Fire Safety Order is a workplace or a house converted for multiple occupation rather than a purpose-built block.
The commercial figure carries that: 3,577 premises across the Wigan authority hold a valid commercial EPC, a high count against a stock of this size. On the residential side 8,328 homes are privately rented and 17.9% socially rented, and 21.7% of the stock pre-dates 1930, so subdivided older houses remain a live category even where purpose-built blocks are scarce.
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. Flats are only 12.2% of Wigan homes, so locally the duty arrives more often through workplaces and shared houses, but it applies just the same. If your business has 5 or more employees the assessment must be kept in writing.
Yes. There is no minimum size. A house converted into two flats has communal areas in the eyes of the Fire Safety Order, and its shared hallway and stairs need assessing exactly as a large block would, along with the front doors of the individual flats. Scale changes the length of the report, not whether one is required.
Fire risk assessments in Wigan 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.