Tag: HMO licence
HMO Landlords Fined for Flouting Fire Safety Rules
A rogue landlord was fined £8,000 for failing to maintain standards at a shared house that was taken over by a council.
Ken Herring,
Landlord Forced Tenants to Share Cramped Rooms
Landlord Pavlos Chatzinopoulos was fined £2,515 for making tenants share with cramped rooms with tenants they did not know.
Swindon...
Are your tenants fire safe?
As winter kicks in, Let Insurance Services are impressing on landlords to have their fire safety measures in place. They say shared...
Letting Unlicensed HMO is a Crime, According to Judge
A London council has won a criminal compensation order against a letting company who failed to licence a house in multiple occupation.
Pondering Article Four – Stick It On The Students!
I was going to write a piece about what to do when an HMO tenant goes AWOL (Absent Without Leave) and disappears off the face the earth. ...
HMO Confusion Could Costs Landlords Fines of £50,000
Planning and licensing rules for shared houses could be an expensive trap for landlords as some councils take on new powers.
Property...
The HMO Debate – an admission of defeat.
My last article on Property 118 brought forth a host of questions from landlords wondering whether their property was in or out of...