For HMO landlords, flat-block managers and business owners across Chester. One visit by a competent assessor, a clear prioritised action plan, and a report Cheshire West and Chester Council, your insurer and your licensing officer will accept.
⚡ Answered within 2 hours during business hours. No obligation, no pressure.
Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the "Responsible Person" — the licence holder, landlord or employer, not your letting agent — must hold a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment and keep it up to date. In Chester it comes up directly at licensing: Cheshire West and Chester Council requires a current assessment when you apply for or renew an HMO licence.
Large HMOs — those let to five or more people from two or more households — need a mandatory licence anywhere in England, and parts of Chester are also covered by additional or selective licensing. Whichever applies to your property, the fire risk assessment requirement does not change. You can confirm your property's licensing status on the Cheshire West and Chester Council website.
An assessment costs less than a week of lost rent, takes one visit, and ends the question for a year.
Tell us the property type and Chester postcode. We reply with a fixed fee — the price we quote is the price you pay.
A competent assessor walks the premises: escape routes, fire doors, detection, ignition sources, management arrangements.
A clear, prioritised action plan — what's urgent, what can wait, what's fine. Accepted by Cheshire West and Chester Council, insurers and lenders.
From the student HMOs of Hoole and Boughton around the University of Chester to the city-centre flats within the walls and the offices and hospitality units across the city, we assess the shared houses, blocks of flats and commercial premises Chester is built from.
Managing a block of flats? Since the Fire Safety Act 2021, the assessment must cover the structure, external walls and flat entrance doors — see our guide to fire risk assessments for blocks of flats. Renting to sharers or students? Read what councils expect from an HMO fire risk assessment.
Most Chester HMOs and small commercial units are quoted on the size and type of premises. We give a fixed-fee quote within 2 hours of your enquiry, with no obligation — the price we quote is the price you pay.
Yes. Cheshire West and Chester Council requires a current fire risk assessment as part of HMO licensing, and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 requires one regardless. Large HMOs need a mandatory licence, and parts of Chester fall under additional or selective licensing — check your property's status with Cheshire West and Chester Council.
Yes. We carry out communal-area fire risk assessments for blocks of flats across Chester. Since the Fire Safety Act 2021, the assessment must cover the structure, external walls and flat entrance doors of the building.
We respond to every enquiry within 2 hours during business hours and typically survey within days across Chester. Your written report follows within 48 hours of the visit.
Yes. Our reports follow the RRO 2005 requirements with a prioritised action plan, and are accepted by Cheshire West and Chester Council's licensing team, insurers and mortgage lenders.
Fixed quote in 2 hours · survey within days · report in 48 hours
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