MIXED-USE BUILDINGS
One address can contain more than one assessment question.
A shop with a flat above, a shared building or several separately occupied units needs a clear brief. Identify the residential and commercial parts before choosing the service.
Scope, quote and availability confirmed with you.
Describe the units and how they are used.
List the homes and business premises, their addresses or unit identifiers, and which part is being sold, let or improved. Tell us about shared entrances, circulation and building systems. A mixed-use postcode does not automatically mean a single commercial certificate will cover every home, or that one domestic assessment resolves the commercial request. The appropriate assessor reviews the boundaries and relevant requirements. Do not commission a guessed number of certificates until the brief has been checked.
Bring plans and existing records into the brief.
Provide the existing certificate references, a simple schedule of units and available plans. Identify heating or cooling shared between occupiers, separate meters where relevant, and areas outside your control. State whether access needs a tenant, managing agent or freeholder. The office can coordinate the enquiry, but assessment boundaries and technical findings are matters for the relevant qualified assessor. The agreed quotation should identify the units, visits and outputs included rather than refer vaguely to the entire building.
Keep domestic and commercial MEES questions separate.
Different occupied parts can have different letting arrangements and regulatory questions. Record the relevant tenancy or transaction for each unit, then review the applicable domestic or non-domestic guidance. Domestic cost caps and policy announcements must not be carried across to a commercial letting without justification. Shared ownership or leasehold permissions can affect improvement delivery but do not create an automatic exemption. A MEES audit should identify the particular questions and the evidence required for each part.
Coordinate access and improvements around the occupiers.
Once the assessment scope is known, agree who arranges each visit, any restricted hours and how findings will be supplied. If improvement planning follows, distinguish measures within one unit from shared fabric or services needing additional authority. Obtain the required consent before instructing work. Set out responsibility, disruption, completion evidence and reassessment separately. Coordinating the enquiries through one contact can help keep the programme clear; it does not imply that every occupier or freeholder has already agreed.
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