RICS updates EWS1 form to reflect ‘proportionate’ approach to fire safety checks

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But forms already completed still valid until new assessments carried out on blocks

The Royal Insitution of Chartered Surveyors has updated its External Wall Systems 1 (EWS1) form with the agreement of lending bodies to reflect new ‘proportionate’ fire safety guidance backed by the government. 

The move is intended to be a step towards ending the situation in which tens of thousands of leaseholders have had trouble getting their homes valued or mortgaged due to concerns about onerous requirements under the EWS1 building safety information form. The move is backed by mortgage lending bodies UK Finance and the Building Societies Association, says RICS.

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