Dwellinghouse definition
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Revision as of 08:02, 13 August 2015
Approved document B, Fire Safety, Volume 1 Dwelling houses, defines a dwellinghouse as:
A unit of residential accommodation occupied (whether or not as a sole or main residence):
- By a single person or by people living together as a family.
- By not more than six residents living together as a single household, including a household where care is provided for residents.
It does not include a flat or a building containing a flat.
A dwellinghouse is regarded as large if it has more than one storey and any of those storeys exceed 200m^2.
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