Hello, There is an open consultation until the end of March about HMOs and Council Tax. In some areas individual rooms are subject to Council Tax and that can mean that the tenant has to find an extra £90 or more a month.
Hello, I have an HMO with some fantastic tenants (it will be a travesty if the continued anti-landlord policy campaign continues and I have to sell up and walk away, but I digress).
One is leaving and the remaining would like to choose the replacement.
Hello, We’re just waiting for the Renters Reform Bill to pass and Section 21 to be abolished for no fault evictions.
When this happens, what will the position be if/when council planners refuse an application for a Lawful Development Certificate to for…
Landbay has revealed that it is reducing rates for buy-to-let loans on houses in multiple occupation (HMO) and multi-unit freehold blocks (MUFBs).
The lender is also reintroducing products for first time landlords purchasing HMOs/MUFBs.
Rates on small …
I’ve been very foolish. During a time of family stress, I allowed a couple, at viewing, who then became a couple and a friend when we started the paperwork, to rent a lovely 2-bed flat.
I am 6 months into the 12-month tenancy.
England’s house in multiple occupation (HMO) market is still shrinking despite a growing need for affordable rental accommodation, a survey reveals.
The latest figures from Octane Capital show that the number of HMOs has shrunk dramatically by 21,000 p…
Hello, I have a tenant who has refused to leave the property, as advised by the local housing office as she would be deemed to have made herself deliberately homeless, until physically evicted by a bailiff.
They also advised the tenant that the short t…
Hi, Can anyone please advise me on an ongoing situation? A close friend of the family brought a property to rent out some years ago, but instead let her son and his girlfriend move in as a favour.
The idea was for them to pay minimal rent
Hello, I have a 5 year HMO licence on a property in London until 2024. During Covid we found it difficult to find suitable tenants and in 2021 decided to rent the whole house to one family on an AST contract.
Hi Everyone, I hope you all are looking forward to as good a Christmas as you can.
I was curious of the definite answer, if possible, of getting a certificate of lawful use (for planning) for a HMO’s use immunity period and thus the application e…
Hello, After reading the Renters Reform Bill, try as I might, I can’t find any provision for landlords like me who wish to convert some of their portfolio to HMO’s.
My understanding is possession could only be gained for “serious arrears”
The post Rent…
The Local Borough Council introduced changes to the government’s housing 2004 scheme at end of last year. We initially had potential issues with a 3-bed ground-floor flat however within several months they gave notice and moved.
(Current tenant w…
A bid by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to re-band individual HMO rooms for council tax purposes looks set to end after an amendment to a Bill by Conservative MP, Caroline Dinenage.
She was compelled to act over growing instances of councils handing…
Licencing schemes are inconsistent across the country with the chair of the Lettings Industry Council accusing councils of ‘trying to catch landlords out’.
Theresa Wallace spoke to the Telegraph after the newspaper filed Freedom of Informat…
Professional HMO landlord network, Platinum Property Partners (PPP), is urging all landlords to get behind a campaign that aims to abolish council tax re-banding for shared houses, which has the backing of Gosport MP, Caroline Dineage (pictured right)….
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