EWS1 forms for Edinburgh buildings
Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town are full of listed tenements, many used as short-term lets, which need interlinked alarms that meet Scottish requirements without harming historic interiors.
The EWS1 form is a standard way for a qualified professional to confirm to lenders and valuers that the external wall of a residential building has been assessed. It is a valuation document, not a fire safety certificate, and it does not replace the building's fire risk assessment.
There are two routes. Option A is for walls where the materials are unlikely to support combustion. Option B is for walls that do contain combustible materials, and needs a fire engineer to judge whether the risk is low enough or whether remedial work is needed. An EWS1 is valid for five years.
The rules that apply in Edinburgh
Scotland does not use the English higher-risk building regime. External wall risk on residential buildings is assessed through the Scottish Government's Single Building Assessment, which looks at the whole building rather than the wall alone.
What is included
- Desktop review of existing documents
- Intrusive inspection where needed
- Option A or Option B assessment
- Signed EWS1 form for lenders and valuers
- Remediation scope where the outcome is B2
- Advice on whether a PAS 9980 appraisal is more useful
Buildings we work on in Edinburgh
- Freeholders
- Resident management companies
- Managing agents
- Leaseholders selling or remortgaging
Areas we cover from Edinburgh
From Edinburgh we also cover Kirkcaldy (11 miles), Dunfermline (13 miles), Livingston (14 miles), Falkirk (23 miles) and St Andrews (31 miles). If your building is not in a listed town, we still cover it: every enquiry for ews1 forms in Scotland is handled the same way.