Converting 3 flats into a single family home

[MelanieC]

Hello, I am struggling to find an answer to the situation I am facing.  I am converting a Victorian house, which was converted into 3 flats in 2010 back into a single family house.  My budget is tight and I am hearing conflicting views about the applicability of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022.  These state that the Regulation applies to a building with two ore more residential units.  Given that the house is currently uninhabitable due to building work and will be habitable as a single family home after the renovation, I am struggling to see how the Regulations apply.  My building control person (privately appointed) is insisting they do apply and that I have to install very expensive water misters throughout the property.  

Please could someone point me in the right direction?

 

Many thanks

Natacha

[AnthonyB]

Find a new BCO! How many floors is it and what's the planned layout - these are the usual triggers for sprinklers in a single dwelling under Building Regulations.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/639ae7e98fa8f5069839c7d7/Approved_Document_B__fire_safety__volume_1_-_Dwellings__2019_edition_incorporating_2020_and_2022_amendments.pdf

The Fire Safety (England) Regulations are outside their jurisdiction, won't apply once a single dwelling and even whilst still flats have limited practical scope whist vacant and certainly have nothing to do with requiring sprinklers/mist
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-england-regulations-2022