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A Fire Risk Assessment For An HMO Can Be Difficult

When you are a landlord of an HMO one of the major things that you have to contend with is fire safety for your tenants. Whether you are considering buying an HMO or converting an existing building into one, there are fire regulation to which it is essential that you adhere.<br>

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A Fire Risk Assessment For An HMO Can Be Difficult

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  1. AFireRiskAssessmentForAnHMOCan BeDifficult

  2. There are more things to consider than when you have a buy-to-let. The fire regulationsare more detailed, and there ismore to doto get a property up to standard. One of the reasons for this is that your tenants may not integrate with each other, and indeed, may not talk to each other,andmayevendislikeeachother. When you have a BTL, what you don’t usually have is a situation where doorsareregularlylocked.InanHMOtheoppositeistrue.Thefrontdoors of each individual flat will usually be locked, and this is something to take into consideration when carryingout a fire risk assessmentfor flats. Locked flats can mean that people do not have a clear exit and may be unabletogetoutofthebuildingquicklyinanemergency.

  3. Thebestthingthat youcandowhen carryingout a fire risk assessment for flats is to let a professional fire risk assessor do it for you. Our team at UK-Fire Risk Assessments is highly skilled and trainedandcancarryoutyourfireriskassessmentforyou. Manylandlordsareinbusinesstoearnmoneyfromtheir properties,andtheyarenotnecessarilyskilledinfirerisk assessment, which is quite understandable. By getting our advice, you are having a third party independent of yourself advise you whatshouldbedoneinordertocomplywiththelawandtoensure thatyourHMOissafeforyourtenants.

  4. Onethingthatourfireriskassessorwilladvise,ifyou don’t already have them, is thumb turn locks. When a firebreaksout,itisusuallyinanindividualflatrather thanthecommunalareas,andifatenantisinapanic, which is quite understandable, he or she may not be abletolocatethekeyquickly.Healthandsafety regulationsstatethatyouhavetoensurethattenants have always got a clear escape route, and thumb turn locksareamajorpartofthis.

  5. contactus TheStableoffice,YoungOak WaterLane Oxton Notts Tel:01158963814 https://www.uk-fireriskassessments.co.uk/

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