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Offline Paul2886

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Nursing home providing staff accomodation
« on: September 24, 2009, 05:37:20 PM »
Can I ask your feelings on the following. Firstly the setup: An large nursing home with a listed detached residential property linked to it by a short covered walkway that has been unused for many years.
The listed building has now two foriegn staff members paying rent and using it as temporary accomodation. It has a single detector on the top landing linked into the system within the nursing home. No fire doors and no door to the shared kitchen.
This is abutted to a large double garage that is used for combustible storage sperated from the rented accomodation with an ordinary panelled door. This takes up much of the ground floor and has bedrooms above.
There is a single staircase to open air. Owner claim its only a temporary arrangement and that the current arrangements are fine. You views as always will be much appreciated and hope I've described things ok.

Offline kurnal

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Re: Nursing home providing staff accomodation
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2009, 05:55:37 PM »
Buildings occupied by only two persons are exempted from the definition of a HMO. As described I would treat it as a single private dwelling and offer a home fire risk assessment- eg LD3 detection and if the garage is used by a car would look for a fire door, sill and fire resisting ceiling as goodwill advice. if the garage is a store room then it isnt really any higher risk than any other room. IMO. :)