Advice regarding smoke alarms.

When originally built your flat would have had a mains powered smoke alarm installed in its hallway. The expected life of these is around 10 years, and so if you still have the original one it is unlikely to still be effective and should be replaced as soon as possible. Similarly if it was last replaced more than 10 years ago.

The London Fire Brigade now recommend that an alarm is fitted into almost every room within a flat and that they are interlinked so if one is triggered all of the others within the flat go off. Our own Fire Assessor has made the same recommendation, and we strongly advise that you follow their advice.

The London Fire Brigade advice can be viewed here, along with lots of other useful fire safety advice:

https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/safety/the-home/smoke-alarms-and-heat-alarms