What a landlord actually has to hold
The list has grown, and it is now genuinely easy to miss something. A valid EPC is needed to market a property and, under the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard, to continue letting it above band F or G. A gas safety record is required annually where there is a gas appliance, and an electrical installation condition report at least every five years for private rented homes in England. Since 1 October 2022 the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations require a smoke alarm on every storey with living accommodation and a carbon monoxide alarm in any room used as living accommodation with a fixed combustion appliance other than a gas cooker, with alarms repaired or replaced once the landlord is told they are faulty. If the property is an HMO, or sits in a block with communal areas, a recorded fire risk assessment applies too. We cover the fire and energy elements in this package and tell you clearly which certificates we do not produce, so nothing is quietly assumed.
- PAS 79 fire risk assessment for the property and any communal areas you control
- Energy Performance Certificate lodged by Team EPC
- Smoke and carbon monoxide alarm check against the 2022 regulations
- Fire door and escape route check
- Written action plan with timescales
What we check on the visit
The fire assessment follows the escape route from the furthest point of the property to the final exit and asks whether a tenant woken at three in the morning could use it. That means testing whether the front door opens without a key, whether alarms are interlinked and audible in the bedrooms, whether an inner room has a second means of escape or an alternative, whether the kitchen sits in the escape route, what condition the electrical intake and consumer unit are in, whether the heating appliance has a CO alarm nearby, and where a tenant is likely to charge an e-bike or scooter. Every finding is photographed. The energy assessment runs alongside it: dimensions, construction, glazing, insulation, heating, controls and lighting, all recorded for the certificate.
Who this is for
It suits a first-time landlord who wants the whole thing set up correctly, an accidental landlord letting a former home, an investor buying at auction who needs evidence before completion, and an established landlord tidying up a file before a licensing application, a mortgage renewal or a sale. It is also the package agents most often order on a client's behalf, because it produces the documents they need to market a property in one movement rather than three phone calls.
What happens if something fails
Nothing is left as a bare failure. Each item comes with what to do, roughly what it costs and how urgent it is: a £15 thumb-turn on a euro-cylinder lock, a set of interlinked alarms fitted in an afternoon, a self-closer adjusted, a CO alarm relocated. Where the fix is genuinely structural — a shared escape route through a commercial premises below, a bedroom with no viable escape window — we say so plainly and set out the options, including the option of not letting that room. We would rather tell you before a tenant moves in than after an incident.
Price and renewal
The package starts at £199 for a one or two-bedroom flat and is priced by size and by how many elements you need. Landlords with several properties get a per-property rate and a single calendar covering annual fire reviews, ten-year EPC expiries and alarm checks at tenancy change. There is no travel charge inside the M25, reports arrive within 24 to 48 hours of the visit, and same-day slots are available where a tenancy start date or a licensing deadline is driving it.
