I got a copy of a neighbours lease from HMLR, cost around £25 though, its cheaper if they have an electronic copy.

But now with the added twist that he has 2 mums.

But my preferred storyline is-

The baby is DNA tested and Gary and Izzy are NOT the biological parents.

Tina had a drunken one night stand...

Well they could take it into care, 16 years later a kid turns up looking for its parents.......

Well apparently Tina holds all the cards, until she signs the baby over, she is the legal mother, she is also entitled to all the benefits like 52 weeks maternity leave, as Owen is also one of her...

There is just a little bit more to it. The leases will detail the Freeholders responsibilities which will likely include-

Maintaining and repairing the structure and communal parts of the...

You may be right the breakdown tables are from K&C only and the other tables contain averages for the other councils.
This is only a consultation doc and is 7 years old, so how current is is and...

But did you see further down in the last 10 pages it makes reference to the rooms sizes adopted by various London Authorities including Southwark for HMO properties as between 8.5m2 and 9.5m2 as the...

I'll be recording the Cat program, vetting it(no pun intended)for any nasty bits so the Mrs doesn't see them.

However if it was based on my 2 cats it will be very boring, 23 hours asleep, 15 mins...

Are you sure about that, even if you own the FH there is likely a lease involved.

Wooden floors in flats can cause huge noise problems with neighbouring properties, particularly downstairs. This...

You might find this useful-

http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/planning/docs/space-standards.pdf

Fair point, they have successfully posted before though, maybe a technical hitch with what device/software they are using.
My Blackberry Z10 doesn't always make it easy to post, but my previous...

I think you have just done it:(clap):

Yes it is a HMO. Although one that probably requires no special measures.

Speak to the councils housing dept informally, you may not have to do anything over and above what a landlord is legally...

How many tenants in each flat that you own? Are they related to each other?

If they are let as whole flats to 'family groups' rather than rooms to individual tenants then they most likely will not...

Not an expert on this, but in my opinion this should be counted as two seperate transactions.

If this wasn't the case then every lease extension on properties around the £250k threshold would...

I don't doubt that, but trying to convince solicitors of that :(

Thanks for that LHA.

Ultimately if I own the FH in my name and the lease in joint names I will be in the same position as the OP is now, the other LH won't be able to exercise RFR, so when its...

No, in my case Section 5 has been issued, expired and solicitors dealing with purchase of FH. But the issue with owning both the FH and LH and registering with HMLR does the joint names on lease and...

LHA I have seen this mentioned before. In my case LH 1 is me and Mrs DNM (our surnames differ), LH 2 is a third party, I plan to register FH in my name only, will that satisfy HMLR requirements?

You might hit the same problem I did when trying this tactic, although from the opposite side buying FH not selling. I contacted several solicitors, all leasehold specialists, plus the sellers...

That makes sense, you can't really qualify to buy something you already own. The act is a bit grey when it comes to 2 flat freeholds. I think you will be fine to proceed without serving the notice on...

In order to challenge the sale they would need more than 50% of the qualifying leaseholders to take action, so when there is only 2, it is not possible.
The buyers solicitor may want to confirm the...

Technically you do have to offer the right of first refusal and serve notice to the other leaseholder before selling to a third party, BUT as there are only 2 flats the other leaseholder cannot...

This would be better placed in the residential lettings forum.

Some good info there and below-

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/eviction

These regulations are not that new, just being applied recently

You have two options-

1) Rent the property to a family group(all related) as a 3/4 bedroom house. Not a HMO so no licence...