Landlord Compliance Services in London
Fire safety, electrical, gas and smoke alarm compliance for London landlords, agents and block managers. One contractor, every certificate, one anniversary calendar — covered by the RRO 2005, BS 5839-6, BS 5266, BS 7671 and the Gas Safety Regulations 1998.
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A compliant London landlord holds a satisfactory EICR (5-year), an annual CP12 Gas Safety Record, interlinked smoke and CO alarms (since October 2022), a current Fire Risk Assessment for any multi-occupied building, an EPC of E or above, and — for HMOs — a BS 5839 fire alarm with BS 5266 emergency lighting and an in-date borough licence. Emergency Repairs London delivers every one of those certificates under a single contractor and a single compliance calendar.
Compliance services we cover
Every regulated check a London landlord needs to issue, renew or remediate sits inside one of the eight service lines below. Each links through to a full page setting out the standard, the scope of the inspection, the pricing and the booking lead time.
Fire Risk Assessment
→Type 1 to Type 4 FRAs for blocks of flats, HMOs and commercial premises. Compliant with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 as amended by the Fire Safety Act 2021 and Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022.
RRO 2005 · PAS 79-1/79-2
HMO Fire Risk Assessment
→Specialist FRAs for licensed Houses in Multiple Occupation. Borough-specific compliance for Camden, Westminster, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Newham and the rest of Greater London.
Housing Act 2004 · LACORS
HMO Licensing Assistance
→£400 fixed-fee end-to-end management of your mandatory, additional or selective HMO licence application — document collation, council liaison, inspection coordination, all the way to issued certificate. 32 boroughs covered.
Housing Act 2004 Part 2
HMO Compliance Check
→£250 pre-licence audit of every compliance area — fire detection, fire doors, escape routes, room sizes, amenity ratios, EICR, gas, EPC. 90-minute on-site visit, report within 48 hours. Pass first time.
Housing Act 2004 · HMO Regs 2006
Smoke Alarm Installation
→Grade D1 interlinked mains-wired smoke and heat alarm systems installed and certified to BS 5839-6. Mandatory on every storey of every rented property in England since October 2022.
BS 5839-6 Grade D1
Fire Alarm Testing
→Weekly, monthly, six-monthly and annual fire alarm testing and certification for HMOs, blocks of flats and commercial buildings. BAFE SP203-1 schedule maintained on file.
BS 5839-1 · BAFE SP203
Emergency Lighting Testing
→Monthly flick tests, annual three-hour duration tests and certification of emergency escape lighting to BS 5266-1. Common parts of blocks, HMO landings, commercial escape routes.
BS 5266-1
EICR — Electrical Safety
→Electrical Installation Condition Reports by NICEIC registered electricians. Mandatory every 5 years for private rented property under the Electrical Safety Standards 2020. Full BS 7671 18th Edition inspection.
BS 7671 · ESS PRS 2020
Gas Safety Certificate (CP12)
→Annual CP12 Landlord Gas Safety Records by Gas Safe registered engineers. Every gas appliance, flue and pipework inspected and recorded — mandatory under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.
GSIUR 1998 · Gas Safe
Compliance Audit
→Free desktop audit of your current certificates and statutory obligations. Tell us the address, the tenure type and the appliances, and we will tell you exactly what is missing and what it costs to put right.
Free of charge
Free compliance audit
Not sure what you are missing? Send the property address and the tenure type — assured shorthold, HMO, short let, commercial — and we will return a one-page summary of the certificates you currently hold, the ones you are missing, and a fixed price to close the gap. No charge for the audit.
Statutory obligations at a glance
Landlord compliance in London is set by half a dozen overlapping statutes, supplemented by borough-level HMO licensing. The headlines below are the framework every certificate sits inside — the linked service pages set out the detail.
Fire safety — Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Every landlord of common parts in a multi-occupied building is a Responsible Person under the RRO. A suitable and sufficient written fire risk assessment is mandatory, reviewed at least annually and after any material change. The Fire Safety Act 2021 and Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 extend the RRO into the structure, external walls and flat entrance doors of buildings containing two or more domestic premises.
Smoke and heat alarms — Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Since 1 October 2022 every rented property in England (private and social) must have at least one smoke alarm on every storey containing a habitable room, and a carbon monoxide alarm in every room containing a fixed combustion appliance (excluding gas cookers). Alarms must be repaired or replaced when reported faulty by the tenant — there is no longer a one-off install-and-forget defence.
Electrical safety — Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020
A satisfactory EICR is required at least every 5 years on every assured shorthold tenancy in England. The certificate must be issued before a new tenant moves in, supplied to existing tenants within 28 days of inspection, and produced to the local authority within 7 days of request. Maximum financial penalty is £30,000 per breach.
Gas safety — Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
Annual CP12 Landlord Gas Safety Record covering every gas appliance, flue and length of gas pipework in the property. Renewable within the two months before expiry without losing the original anniversary date. Records must be kept for two years. Gas Safe registration is mandatory for the engineer signing the certificate.
Houses in Multiple Occupation — Housing Act 2004 + borough licensing
Mandatory licensing covers HMOs of five or more occupants forming two or more households. Additional and Selective Licensing schemes in most London boroughs extend the net considerably wider. Every London HMO licence specifies FRA, fire alarm, emergency lighting, EICR and gas safety conditions — failure to comply is a banning offence under the Housing and Planning Act 2016.
Right to Rent and tenant deposit
Outside the physical compliance certificates, landlords must also serve the right-to-rent checks (Immigration Act 2014), protect tenant deposits within 30 days (Housing Act 2004), and provide a current EPC and How to Rent booklet. Missing any of these prejudices the landlord's ability to serve a valid Section 21 notice.
What we check on a full landlord visit
A bundled landlord visit packages every recurring certificate into a single attendance. Tenant access is arranged once, the specialist engineers overlap on site, and one consolidated invoice is issued at the end.
- Fixed wiring inspection and BS 7671 EICR with digital report (NICEIC)
- Every gas appliance, flue and pipework run inspected and CP12 issued (Gas Safe)
- Smoke alarms on every storey and CO alarms in every combustion room verified to BS 5839-6 Grade D1
- Fire Risk Assessment review for common parts and entrance doors (RRO 2005)
- Emergency lighting flick test and certification to BS 5266 (where installed)
- Fire alarm functional and battery test to BS 5839-1 (where installed)
- PAT testing of landlord-supplied appliances (IET Code of Practice 5th Edition)
- Legionella risk screen on the cold and hot water systems (L8 ACoP)
- EPC review and improvement notes for MEES band E compliance
- Compliance calendar updated and anniversary reminders set
Who we work with
From a single buy-to-let in Camden up to a 200-unit managed portfolio across the eastern boroughs, the workflow scales the same way: one contractor, one calendar, one invoice line per property.
Private landlords →
Single-property and small-portfolio landlords. Free annual reminder service, bundled EICR + CP12 visits, fixed-price remedials confirmed on the call.
Property managers & agents →
Block managers, lettings agents, build-to-rent operators and housing associations. Portfolio portal, consolidated monthly invoicing, dedicated account engineer, 24/7 call-out cover.
Why ERL for landlord compliance
- Every fire, electrical and gas certificate produced under one contractor — single point of accountability
- Compliance calendar with anniversary reminders for EICR (5 yr), CP12 (1 yr), FRA (1 yr), emergency lighting (1 yr) and fire alarm (6 mth)
- £5m Public Liability + £5m Employers Liability insurance with Hiscox — certificate on request
- NICEIC registered electricians, Gas Safe registered engineers, BAFE SP203 fire alarm competency
- 24/7 emergency cover on 0207 046 1363 for compliance failures discovered mid-tenancy
- Portfolio discounts on three or more properties — same-visit bundling of EICR + CP12 + smoke alarms
Areas covered
Compliance visits are carried out across all 32 London boroughs and the City of London. Heaviest booking volumes come from Camden, Westminster, Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Haringey and Greenwich.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A compliance specialist is on the landline 24/7. Quotes confirmed on the call, audit returned the same day, single contractor accountability across every certificate in the landlord pack.
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