Mr

[Guest John Mac]

My Daughter bought a 2 bed flat which is a Leasehold and the property is basically a converted house with a flat on the ground floor and one on the first floor.  Both properties have completely separate front doors to enter and there are no communal are no communal areas at all.  Despite my Daughter owning the flat, she has been contacted by Leaseholder/Agent to advise she needs to install a fire door to the entrance of her flat?  I don't quite understand why this demand can be made as there are no communal areas and having a fire door as a front door would only keep external fire out as the door opens straight out onto her alleyway?  Can anyone advise on this please as these doors are expensive but seem completely unjustified in such circumstances as it would not add any safety should a fire occur and there are no communal areas in either property

[AnthonyB]

It sounds on the surface completely unnecessary. External doors usually only need to be fire doors if in a block of flats where there are several flats with an open deck approach where you have only one stair, or where they open onto an external stair (other than the top floor). There are potentially other situations that might arise if I saw the site, but generally if it doesn't fall into the above then 99% of the time it's unnecessary, usually prompted by unscrupulous fire door companies or poorly trained fire risk assessors.
Ask for the fire risk assessment (even with no internal common areas there should be one for the external structure) and point out that you will take the matter to a First Tier Tribunal if they try and impose it.