Tag Archive: HMOs

David Smith talks about Houses in Multiple Occupation law & practice

David Smith

A clip of solicitor David Smiths presentation on Housing in Multiple Occupation law and practice at the Landlord Law Conference 2013

Property Tribes interview with HMO Landlady

A great interview with Serena Thompson, HMO Landlady at the recent Landlord Law Conference from Property Tribes. Here is the link referred to in the video: Serena’s book

Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #44

Ben on a chair

[In view of the snow, Ben Reeve Lewis has abandoned his Hawaiian shirt for a pair of slippers...] Snow is on the way to London as I write and I am like a kid at Xmas. I love snow, I love the look of it and even the chaos it brings with it. I got so excited at the…

Landlords and agents prosecuted for breach of regulations

Prosecutions of landlords and agents who failed to comply with various housing laws. Some of the fines are light others are substantial.

Practicalities of renting a room in a shared house

Big HMO houses

Following on from this morning’s blog post on licenses, I have recieved the following blog clinc post from Robert: Hi. I’ve read with interest (and thanks) Tessa’s blogs on “leave versus licence” and have a (perhaps obvious) follow on question: If I own an HMO with, say, 5 rooms let to separate individuals, can I…

TRO Confidential : The case of the devious TRO

Sherlock Holmes

A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. The Case of the Devious TRO Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TRO) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and investigating allegations of harassment and Illegal Eviction and prosecuting landlords. All names are false but the stories are true. We have a lot…

Urban Myth – it can’t be an HMO if all the tenants sign the same tenancy agreement

Urban Myth

It is important to know whether you have an HMO or not.  There are some rather important consequences.  For example: All HMO landlords have to comply with the special management regulations (and can be prosecuted and fined if they don’t), and the property may need to be licensed. The rules on HMOs changed in 2006…