Guest Giuseppe Posted October 25, 2019 Report Share Posted October 25, 2019 Hello all I am about to buy a flat in leasehold. The solicitor told me the Fire Risk Assessment documents are missing and there is no way to find them. The last evidence of Fire Risk Assessment is a report dated more than 3 years ago. She also told me it's strongly recommended to either ask the owner to do it before the purchase (it would take 3-4 weeks) or to buy the property and request it as soon as possible. I would rather not to wait 3-4 weeks cause the purchase has already taken longer than expected and I am also keen to pay for the Fire Risk Assessment. Am I authorised to pay for the Fire Risk Assessment of the whole building? Or should I go through the management company anyway? How much would it cost? I have seen the figures are around £200. What's your opinion on this? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sutton Posted October 25, 2019 Report Share Posted October 25, 2019 The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 defines and requires the Responsible Person (RP) or Persons to carry out a FRA. In this case I would think it would be the Management Company and they should have a copy of the latest FRA. I would suggest you speak to them and see if they will provide you with a copy unfortunately they have no legal requirement to do so, but speak to them nicely they may be cooperative. The problem with conducting a FRA the RP has to act on the significant findings which can be very expensive. I have no idea on the possible costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Giuseppe Posted October 28, 2019 Report Share Posted October 28, 2019 On 25/10/2019 at 20:08, Tom Sutton said: The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 defines and requires the Responsible Person (RP) or Persons to carry out a FRA. In this case I would think it would be the Management Company and they should have a copy of the latest FRA. I would suggest you speak to them and see if they will provide you with a copy unfortunately they have no legal requirement to do so, but speak to them nicely they may be cooperative. The problem with conducting a FRA the RP has to act on the significant findings which can be very expensive. I have no idea on the possible costs. Thanks Tom for your answer. Unfortunately, it seems they have only the copy of a FRA taken 7 years ago. I will for sure speak to them about the possibility to do another FRA, but I guess if they don't cooperate I can contact the local fire and rescue authority? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sutton Posted October 29, 2019 Report Share Posted October 29, 2019 That's the route I would take, the only problem is they might not provide you with a copy for spite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Giuseppe Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 23 hours ago, Tom Sutton said: That's the route I would take, the only problem is they might not provide you with a copy for spite. Thanks Tom I guess if they did the FRA, they would be the ONLY keeper of the ONLY copy of the document, wouldn't they? In other words, i would not be able to get the document from someone else, let's say: the local fire authority.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sutton Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 Yes the RP conducts the FRA pays for it and has the only copy, also there is no requirements for the RP to provide copies to residents other than goodwill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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