We are nearly at the end of our sale (if the buyers proposed timescales are anything to go by) but we've been told that we need a fire risk assessment. We are a flat in a converted Victorian villa which has 4 stories (including a basement flat).
Unfortunately our solicitor when buying didn't even ask about a FRA so it's news to us that we need one.
We now know from talking to others that these assessments are recommending commercial grade fire alarms which is a. Difficult to install as there's no communal forebears so you need one of those too and b. Extremely expensive. (I know this as my DP is an electrician.
I'm looking for advice from people who own share of freehold NOT just leasehold and not those who own freehold. The assessment itself is a legal requirement but does anyone know if the recommendations are a legal obligation or as the name would suggest, just a recommendation?