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The question is really about integral garages and also when that garage changes use for example a granny flat.
In this and last house consumer unit and boiler is/was in the garage, last house also main water stop cock, the doors had locks so it was/is possible the person living in the house does not have a key to the garage, or a key not easy assessed.
The garage door made such a racket we would often not lock it, many times I have been up in middle of night to reset the RCD. The same with boiler, should it trip then into garage or flat to reset.
With a granny flat it is not really a separate premises, they allow dignity to the relative, but it is same as any other room in the house, one can agree not to enter some ones room, but in an emergency one can. But once there are locks on the room that changes, so what are the rules.
In this and last house consumer unit and boiler is/was in the garage, last house also main water stop cock, the doors had locks so it was/is possible the person living in the house does not have a key to the garage, or a key not easy assessed.
The garage door made such a racket we would often not lock it, many times I have been up in middle of night to reset the RCD. The same with boiler, should it trip then into garage or flat to reset.
With a granny flat it is not really a separate premises, they allow dignity to the relative, but it is same as any other room in the house, one can agree not to enter some ones room, but in an emergency one can. But once there are locks on the room that changes, so what are the rules.