Blocks
What a block manager needs to separate before an EICR is quoted
Arrange the inspection around clearly named installations. Individual flats, communal supplies and plant areas may need separate scopes, keyholders and reports. Start with the building details so the office can quote the work you intend to instruct.
Reviewed 5 October 2026 by George Opsenica (Director, Codeex Maintenance Ltd). General guidance, not a reading of your own report and not legal advice.
Review details
- George Opsenica: service information and presentation.
- George Opsenica: service information and presentation.
Name the scope before you ask for a price
Inside a flat
A specified tenancy inside a flat is a different question from the stairs and the riser. The landlord page is the service for that flat.
Who pays in a leasehold flat
Service charge and demise are on the leasehold page. This page does not decide them.
Common parts
Stairs, lobbies and a landlord's board need their own description: who holds the keys, and whether the supply is part of a flat.
Plant rooms
Pumps, lifts and intake rooms are named if they are in scope. They are not assumed from the word block.
Emergency lighting
Mention it only if the quotation is being asked to include those circuits. This page does not add a lighting design.
The instruction
Say whether the agent is instructing for a landlord, a freeholder, or a residents' company. The instruction is not the legal duty.
One building can need more than one scope
| Scope | What to name | What this page will not decide |
|---|---|---|
| An individual flat | The demise, and whether it is a specified tenancy | That the stairs are included |
| Common parts | Lobbies, stairs, and who holds the keys | Who pays, which is a lease question |
| Landlord supply | The intake or riser the landlord controls | That it feeds every flat |
| Tenant supply | The board inside the demise | That the agent can open it without the occupier |
| A communal distribution board | Where it is, and which areas it serves | That every board in the block is that board |
| Plant | Lifts, pumps or intake rooms, if they are in the instruction | That the word block includes them |
What to send with the instruction
Send the address, which parts of the building are in the instruction, and who can open them. Say whether the instruction is from a landlord, a freeholder, or a residents' company. Add any previous report for those parts, and say whether it covered the flats or only the common parts. A report for one flat does not describe the riser. Ask for a separate quotation where the flat and the common parts are different scopes.
A managing agent is not automatically the person who owes a private-rented inspection duty. The duty, where it exists, follows the specified tenancy and the landlord under that tenancy. This page does not read the lease and does not say the agent must commission the inspection.
A rented flat starts on the landlord EICR page. Who pays in a leasehold flat is the leasehold page. A commercial plant room or a large common-part installation is quoted from the commercial EICR page.
See separate flat and communal reports in practice
In a reviewed North London job, the flat and communal installation had separate EICRs. Both recorded satisfactory assessments, each within its own scope. The example shows why the installation named in the instruction matters.
Read the flat and communal installation caseDefine the installations
Identify each flat, shared supply or communal board you want quoted. Do not assume one report includes all of them.
Coordinate access
Name the keyholders for flats, cupboards and plant areas, and explain any access or supply constraints.
Related pages
Name the part of the building
Flats, common parts and plant are different scopes. The agent is not automatically the duty-holder.
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