Nobody can price a fire risk assessment without knowing the building. This guide explains what moves the price, what a proper quote includes and where portfolio clients save, so you can compare quotes on the same basis.
Request a quoteA purpose-built block with one staircase is quicker to assess than a converted building with several cores, mixed uses and commercial units at ground level. HMOs, sheltered housing and student accommodation each bring their own checks.
Price follows time on site. The number of storeys, cores, plant rooms and escape routes sets the length of the visit. Buildings over 11 metres and over 18 metres carry extra duties under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, which the assessment has to cover.
A Type 1 assessment of the common parts is the standard for most blocks. Type 2 adds destructive sampling, and Types 3 and 4 add a sample of flats, which means access arrangements and more time.
A building with a current fire strategy, alarm and door records and a previous assessment is faster to assess than one with no paperwork. Poor condition also means more findings to document.
We cover London, Essex, Hertfordshire and Cambridge from London and Essex. Sites outside that area carry travel time.
A visit at short notice after an enforcement letter or an insurer's request is priced differently from a planned assessment on a schedule.
Compare quotes on what they cover rather than the number at the bottom. Ours include all of the following.
Watch for quotes that exclude the report writing, charge extra for photographs or do not say who will attend. A low price for a visit that produces a two-page tick list is not a saving when an enforcing authority asks to see the assessment.
The cost of not having a suitable and sufficient assessment is the better comparison. Enforcement notices, unlimited fines under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, an insurer refusing a claim, and in serious cases prosecution of the Responsible Person. A missing or out-of-date assessment can be treated as though you have none.
Send us the address, the number of storeys and flats or units, the building's use and the date of the last assessment. We come back with a fixed quote and a proposed date. For a portfolio, send the list and we will price it as a schedule. Read more about our fire risk assessments and the assessors who carry them out.
Because they cover different things. Some quotes are for a short visit and a template report. Others include a named Level 6 assessor, a full survey, a written report with photographs and an action plan, and a follow-up call. Ask what is included and who will attend.
Only if it is suitable and sufficient. The law does not set a price, but it does require the assessment to be carried out by a competent person and to cover the building properly. An assessment that misses the external wall, the flat entrance doors or the 2022 Regulations duties leaves the Responsible Person exposed.
No. The written report, the photographs and the action plan are part of the price, and the report is delivered within 48 hours of the visit.
Yes. Portfolios are priced as a schedule, with travel and set-up shared across the visits and a lower rate per building than a one-off.
Best practice is a review at least once a year, and sooner after building work, a change of use or a fire. A review of a building we already know costs less than the first assessment.
Yes. Where SeeForth also handles the building's planned maintenance, or prepares its fire strategy, the visits and findings are shared, which keeps the overall cost down.
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