<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Hi Cecile,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for getting in touch.</div><div><br></div><div>I have asked someone about this at Sanford Housing Co-operative and Nettleton Housing Co-operative and they both suggested you should definitely do it even if legally it is a grey area. As I mentioned previously even if you live as a family, in legal terms you are very likely to be classed as HMO, but in any case it’s good to be safe.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a Fire Risk Prioritisation Webtool you might find useful: <a href="https://bpt.homeoffice.gov.uk/home">https://bpt.homeoffice.gov.uk/home</a></div><div><br></div><div>Once you had the fire risk assessment done, you can have conversation about what is applicable / reasonable for your property (e.g. fire doors and fire alarms are very important, but for example you might still hang up coats in the corridor even if strictly not recommended…).</div><div><br></div><div>I have also asked our housing officer, if she comes back with any other useful resources I will forward them to you!</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps,</div><div><br></div><div>Herta</div><div><br></div><div>Outreach and Engagement Circle</div><div><b>Community Assets for Society and Housing</b></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><br></div><div><div><div class="moz-signature">
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hi
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">We
need to look further into fire risk assessment at the drive and
we were wondering if you would know whether we need to have a
written fire risk assessment as per the <span>Regulatory Reform
(Fire Safety) Order 2005</span>.</div>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">We
have operated up to now as domestic premises and don't have a
risk assessment, however our fire alarm needs work and the fire
safety maintenance company is asking for a fire risk assessment.
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Before
calling the fire brigade in we want to be clear about how this
applies to us: legally we are an HMO but this is a domestic
premise, so we don't need to have one. </div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Do
you know of anyone who may be able to advise us on this? <br>
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<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Many
thanks</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Cecile<br>
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