Bristol and the West of England
HMO Fire Risk Assessment
An HMO landlord or manager is a Responsible Person for the common parts and must ensure a fire risk assessment is carried out and kept under review. Local authorities commonly attach conditions to an HMO licence that require one, and can serve improvement or prohibition notices under the Housing Act 2004. Penalties include unlimited fines, and banning orders are available under the Housing and Planning Act 2016.
Duty summary
England & Wales
- Duty
- HMO Fire Risk Assessment
- Instrument
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which covers the common parts of an HMO
- Also
- Housing Act 2004 and the Housing Health and Safety Rating System, enforced by the local housing authority
- Standard
- LACORS national fire safety guidance for existing housing, which for a typical shared house points to a Grade D LD2 system described in BS 5839-6
- Frequency
- Reviewed regularly; licence conditions commonly expect an annual review
- Carried out by
- A competent person
- Guide price
- £150 – £400 per property
Guide price only. The firm we pass your enquiry to sets its own price once it knows the building.
What changes the price
The band above is a guide. What a firm actually quotes for HMO fire risk assessment turns on a handful of things about the building:
- number of storeys and bedrooms
- whether the property is licensed or mandatory-licensable
- existing alarm grade and coverage
- condition of fire doors to bedrooms and the escape route
- whether the layout is a shared house or fully self-contained flats
How the enquiry works
- You send the details of the building on this page.
- We pass them to a fire safety firm working in that area.
- That firm contacts you directly and quotes its own price.
- You deal with them from there. We take no part in the work.
Where we cover
54 areas · 54 with a local page
City centre
Inner Bristol
Bristol suburbs
- Clifton BS8
- Cotham BS6
- Redland BS6
- Bishopston BS7
- Horfield BS7
- Henleaze BS9
- Westbury-on-Trym BS9
- Stoke Bishop BS9
- Sea Mills BS9
- Southmead BS10
- Henbury BS10
- Brentry BS10
- Lockleaze BS7
- Ashton Gate BS3
- Knowle BS4
- Brislington BS4
- St George BS5
- Fishponds BS16
- Staple Hill BS16
- Downend BS16
- Mangotsfield BS16
- Emersons Green BS16
- Hanham BS15
- Avonmouth BS11
- Lawrence Weston BS11
- Shirehampton BS11
Towns and cities
Sources and review
Checked against Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Housing Act 2004, LACORS fire safety guidance and BS 5839-6 on . We recheck this page against the legislation quarterly, and sooner if the law changes. Spotted something wrong? Tell us at enquiries@bristolfireriskassessment.co.uk and we will correct it.
This page is general information about fire safety law in England and Wales. It is not a fire risk assessment and it is not legal advice. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 the Responsible Person must ensure an assessment is carried out by a competent person.