Audioslave
02-07-2011, 14:39 PM
Hi there,
I am a live in landlord and currently let two rooms to lodgers, one double & once single.
Now I have a third room (double) I would also like to let, however legislation stipulates that having 3 logers would make the house an HMO and I'd have to apply for a license.
Now I don't have a problem with this legislation except that in the HMO requirements for our area they require that the rooms have to be of a certain size and our single room isn't.
The person renting it the moment is perfectly happy there as it's a nice room, it's cheap, and we have lots of communal space to make up for the size of the room.
But basically what the rules are saying is that if I decide to let the 3rd room, my house becomes an hmo and the single room becomes unlettable!
Why should the third person being there make any difference to the habitability of the single room?
There are more problems:
It appears having landlord & 3 family members & 2 lodgers to one shower is fine as the house is not an HMO. But having landlord & 2 family members & 3 lodgers suddenly means the house is an HMO and I need to put in an extra shower, smoke seals, strip lighting etc etc etc
I could have 10 cousins living here and it would be a huge imposition on the existing lodgers but the council wouldn't care as it's not an HMO... but move one extra unrelated person in and suddenly all these rules and regulations kick in.
I understand these rules make perfect sense for standard AST tenants and they are a good thing, but they aren't consistent when applied to live in landlords, their families and lodgers.
Silly!
Ed
I am a live in landlord and currently let two rooms to lodgers, one double & once single.
Now I have a third room (double) I would also like to let, however legislation stipulates that having 3 logers would make the house an HMO and I'd have to apply for a license.
Now I don't have a problem with this legislation except that in the HMO requirements for our area they require that the rooms have to be of a certain size and our single room isn't.
The person renting it the moment is perfectly happy there as it's a nice room, it's cheap, and we have lots of communal space to make up for the size of the room.
But basically what the rules are saying is that if I decide to let the 3rd room, my house becomes an hmo and the single room becomes unlettable!
Why should the third person being there make any difference to the habitability of the single room?
There are more problems:
It appears having landlord & 3 family members & 2 lodgers to one shower is fine as the house is not an HMO. But having landlord & 2 family members & 3 lodgers suddenly means the house is an HMO and I need to put in an extra shower, smoke seals, strip lighting etc etc etc
I could have 10 cousins living here and it would be a huge imposition on the existing lodgers but the council wouldn't care as it's not an HMO... but move one extra unrelated person in and suddenly all these rules and regulations kick in.
I understand these rules make perfect sense for standard AST tenants and they are a good thing, but they aren't consistent when applied to live in landlords, their families and lodgers.
Silly!
Ed