Active Fire Management has seen a sudden increased number of enquiries relating to fire risk assessments in HMOs (Houses in Multiple Occupation) in London, for which we can offer our services for Wandsworth property owners. This is because there has been a change in HMO licensing rules. Now if there are 3 or more residents in an HMO they have to be licensed and that includes having a fire risk assessment done. The rules came into effect during October 2018.
Just to give you some more insight into this an HMO can be described as one of the following:
- An entire house or flat which is let to 3 or more tenants who form 2 or more households and who share a kitchen, bathroom or toilet.
- A house which has been converted entirely into bedsits or other non-self-contained accommodation and which is let to 3 or more tenants who form two or more households and who share kitchen, bathroom or toilet facilities.
- A converted house which contains one or more flats which are not wholly self contained (ie the flat does not contain within it a kitchen, bathroom and toilet) and which is occupied by 3 or more tenants who form two or more households.
- A building which is converted entirely into self-contained flats if the conversion did not meet the standards of the 1991 Building Regulations and more than one-third of the flats are let on short-term tenancies.
In order to be an HMO the property must be used as the tenants’ only or main residence and it should be used solely or mainly to house tenants. Properties let to students and migrant workers will be treated as their only or main residence and the same will apply to properties which are used as domestic refuges.
Ensure you are compliant with the law and request your Fire Risk Assessment today by calling either 0333 016 4224 or emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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