landlord fire safety certificate

[Marie Stephen]

Hi 

Can anybody advise me where I can find a reliable company to carry out a landlord fire safety certificate in Liverpool.  My house is a single family occupancy.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Marie

[AnthonyB]

You aren't subject to any fire safety legislation beyond the basic Housing Act requirements for renting single family dwellings so as long as you have smoke alarms that are checked at the start of each tenancy (& carbon monoxide ones for any solid fuel appliances) and haven't removed doors, changed windows for non escape windows, or changed layout since built (unless you have gone through Building Control to approve these changes) then that's it. No fire risk assessment, fire certificates or anything. You would be of course be expected to have a valid EICR with a 'satisfactory' report and valid Gas Safe certificate in any case.

Of course if you are unlucky enough to be in the Bootle selective licensing area then the Council seem to have enough resources to manage the requirement in this area for virtually every types of rented property to be licensed (normally only HMO's and certain houses converted to flats) and so you will need to go through this process too.

[Tom Sutton]

If Marie is talking about the Landlord Selective Licensing Scheme which Liverpool and Wirral did partake but i do not know the present situation. If so, she needs to contact the local met council and get more details also the certificate could be the gas safety certificate.

Check out https://www.propertyinvestmentproject.co.uk/blog/landlord-licensing/  may help.

[Tom Sutton]

If Marie is talking about the Landlord Selective Licensing Scheme which Liverpool and Wirral did partake but i do not know the present situation. If so, she needs to contact the local met council and get more details also the certificate could be the gas safety certificate.

It may be a little offensive but you could check out https://www.propertyinvestmentproject.co.uk/blog/landlord-licensing/ it may help to understand the sheme.