Fire Risk Assessment Wandsworth — from £74.99

What is a Fire Risk Assessment?

A Fire Risk Assessment (FRA) is a systematic review of a property that identifies fire hazards, evaluates who is at risk from them, and records what action is needed to reduce that risk to an acceptable level. A NEBOSH qualified assessor examines means of escape, fire doors, fire alarms, emergency lighting and escape route signage, and produces a written report with a prioritised action plan.

A written Fire Risk Assessment is compulsory for every HMO under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. This national duty applies in Wandsworth as it does across England, an HMO licence can add fire safety conditions on top, and single-let landlords are strongly advised to hold one too.

Fire Risk Assessment in Wandsworth — local property context

Purpose-built flats are Wandsworth's largest housing type, home to 48.1% of households in 2021, while 22.2% lived in terraced houses and 17.7% in flats within converted or shared houses. The stock's age is uneven: VOA counts 43.4% of properties as pre-1919 and 20.6% as built since 2000 (London 17.9%), with comparatively little from the interwar years.

More than a third of households rent privately, a share the council describes as one of the highest in London. Since 2025, many lets have needed a council licence. Our NEBOSH qualified assessors are experienced with the escape routes, fire doors and communal areas typical of properties across the SW11, SW18, SW15, SW17, SW12, SW19, SW16, SW8 postcode areas, and regularly carry out Fire Risk Assessments across Wandsworth for private landlords, letting agents and HMO operators.

Fire risk assessments for Wandsworth HMO flats in blocks

Wandsworth's application checklist asks for a fire risk assessment with any HMO application. The additional scheme also reaches flats in multiple occupation in purpose-built blocks of three or more flats, not only shared houses.

For those flats, the assessment and the tenant information have to fit the block. The HMO licence conditions require tenants to be told the block's fire arrangements, and they reference the LACoRS fire safety guidance. Ask the managing agent for those arrangements before you apply.

Households renting privately

36.3% (London 30.0%)

Census 2021

Households in flats in converted or shared houses

17.7% (London 11.1%)

Census 2021

Properties built before 1919

43.4% (London 29.1%)

VOA 2025

Conservation areas

46

Wandsworth Borough Council

Fire Risk Assessment pricing in Wandsworth

Fixed pricing by property size and type. The same prices apply in Wandsworth as across all other London boroughs — no London surcharge. The only location-based fee is the £20 Congestion Charge Zone addition for central London properties.

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What's included from £74.99

Every Fire Risk Assessment we carry out in Wandsworth covers the complete review at no extra cost beyond the price shown.

• Identification of fire hazards and sources of ignition throughout the property
• Assessment of means of escape and travel distances
• Inspection of fire doors, self-closers and door seals
• Check of fire alarm and detection system coverage
• Emergency lighting and escape route signage check
• NEBOSH qualified assessor — fully qualified and insured
• Written report with prioritised action plan emailed within 24 hours
• Clear timescales for any remedial action identified

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