Blocks of flats

For the Director Who Has to Sign It Off

RMC and RTM directors, managing agents and freeholders are the Responsible Person for the common parts. The report is written so you can minute it, act on it and show it to your insurer.

Illuminated fire exit sign in a residential corridor

What the Common-Parts Assessment Covers

The shared entrance, corridors, stairs, lobbies, plant rooms, bin and cycle stores, external escape routes and the flat entrance doors seen from the common side. For a converted house that is often the whole building except the flats themselves. For a purpose-built block it includes the compartmentation the stay-put strategy depends on.

The Question Every Block Has to Answer

Stay put, or get everyone out? The assessment states the evacuation strategy the building is designed for, says whether the building as found still supports it, and tells you what to do if it does not. If nobody can produce the original fire strategy, we say so, and a retrospective fire strategy is the fix, not a thicker risk assessment.

An Accurate Report, Then Help to Act on It

The report recommends what the building needs, written before any works are discussed. Where the action plan raises maintenance issues, we help you scope and prioritise them, tell you what to fix first and who to use, and the works can be handled through SeeForth planned maintenance with photographic evidence for your compliance records.

Portfolios

Managing five blocks or fifty? We price per site at a portfolio rate, programme the visits, and give you one report format across the lot so your board sees a consistent risk picture. Book a free portfolio gap-check.

Typical Triggers

✓ The previous assessment is out of date or its actions were never closed

✓ A leaseholder's solicitor has asked for it

✓ The insurer's renewal condition

✓ A new managing agent taking the block on

✓ Cladding or external wall questions that need a current baseline

Ready to Find Out Where You Stand?