megaspooner
21-07-2007, 04:34 PM
Hi everyone,
I have recently purchased at auction a Freehold mid terrace property with basement flat(accessed from its own front door),2 bedsits on the hall floor,3 bedsits on the first floor and a second floor flat(self contained,but accessed off the communal stairway).
There is no HMO licence for the bedsits and the property is fully tenanted.
Q1. I intend to serve section 21(1 and 4)notices to vacate on the 5 bedsits all are Assured shorthold tenancies but some have now lapsed into periodic tenancies.As there is no licence,the section 21 notice is not enforceable if it has to go to court is there another course of action open to me?
Would I need to upgrade the property to obtain a licence so that I can then evict and win if it goes to court?
Q2. Do I need Planning Permission to change the bedsits into two self contained flats.
The house is shown on the city council`s planning website as being made up as 4 flats but the Planning file shows that no planning applications have ever been made.
The council tax department have just written to me as the new owner asking if the property should still be classed as an HMO(I presume they are referring to the bedsits as the two self contained flats pay their own council tax.
Any advice on any of the questions would be greatly appreciated.
I have recently purchased at auction a Freehold mid terrace property with basement flat(accessed from its own front door),2 bedsits on the hall floor,3 bedsits on the first floor and a second floor flat(self contained,but accessed off the communal stairway).
There is no HMO licence for the bedsits and the property is fully tenanted.
Q1. I intend to serve section 21(1 and 4)notices to vacate on the 5 bedsits all are Assured shorthold tenancies but some have now lapsed into periodic tenancies.As there is no licence,the section 21 notice is not enforceable if it has to go to court is there another course of action open to me?
Would I need to upgrade the property to obtain a licence so that I can then evict and win if it goes to court?
Q2. Do I need Planning Permission to change the bedsits into two self contained flats.
The house is shown on the city council`s planning website as being made up as 4 flats but the Planning file shows that no planning applications have ever been made.
The council tax department have just written to me as the new owner asking if the property should still be classed as an HMO(I presume they are referring to the bedsits as the two self contained flats pay their own council tax.
Any advice on any of the questions would be greatly appreciated.