Who pays for fire doors?
Hi, I run a management company that needs to install fire-resistant doors.
There are 12 flats, and each owner is a shareholder in the company that owns the freehold. There are 6 outside front doors and 6 doors opening onto a communal lobby/staircase.
The internal lobby doors need to be upgraded to fire-resistant and their owners argue that the costs should be shared by all 12 owners. The external door owners argue that the 6 “internal” owners should bear the costs.
I suspect the latter is correct, but can any Property118 readers please offer any advice?
Thanks,
Chris
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Is my tenancy dated back to 1999 still valid?
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9:06 PM, 1st June 2025, About 11 months ago
Reply to the comment left by Graham Tisdale at 28/05/2025 – 13:07
Also it’s the number of floors.
1 to 2 floors FR2023 don’t apply. But 3 floors they do even if building under 11 meters.