Tag: HMO licence

“Death trap flat” landlords stripped of HMO licences

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th May 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Husband and wife property investors Michael and Margaret McQueen were branded as unfit landlords by councillors and have lost their...

Landlords launch legal challenges over HMO licensing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Hundreds of landlords are mounting two legal challenges against council policies over planning and licensing for shared houses. Landlords in...

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Landlords fined for breaching shared house rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Two Leeds landlords were fined for failing to comply with house in multiple occupation (HMO) regulations. Brian Davison, of Horsforth,...

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HMO planning u-turn challenged in High Court

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Councils protesting at how Housing Minster Grant Shapps reversed house in multiple occupation planning rules have started a legal challenge...

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Landlord lobby kicks off online HMO protest

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Landlord lobbyists have launched an online toolkit to help property investors protest against councils proposing to take on extra powers...

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Rebel landlords urged to tie HMO planners in red tape

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Oxford law firm Painsmith is suggesting that student landlords should tie planning departments up in red tape to push home...

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Revealed – the councils taking on extra HMO powers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2011, 16 years ago | 5

Student landlords looking to expand their portfolios need to move quickly in many towns and cities to avoid new rules...

Make sure your property is legal before you rent it out

Author: Tessa Shepperson

16th February 2011, 16 years ago | 3

This is the second in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder...

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HMO no-go zones branded ‘social engineering’

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th February 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Neighbourhood no-go zones for houses in multiple occupation are spawning some unholy alliances between former property letting adversaries to fight...

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City landlords face first HMO selective licensing blitz

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Thousands of shared house landlords in Oxford are the first in England to meet strict new selective licensing guidelines as...

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Councils take Shapps to court over HMO U-turn

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Councils protesting about a government U-turn over shared house planning laws have won the right to challenge the ruling in...

Landlords take HMO protest online

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Landlords have  launched an online campaign against a council’s proposals to micromanage shared houses by introducing planning controls and extra...

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Guest Blog from Ann Ceresa of Suffolk – HMO Investor

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th January 2011, 16 years ago | 5

This is a story of how I will quadruple my gross annual rent in 2011 on a £120,000 property.

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HMO planning and selective licensing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Property investors find the complicated rules that govern licensing and planning for shared housing – legally termed a ‘house in...

More councils take on selective licensing for HMOs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2010, 16 years ago | 1

Two more councils have joined the queue to crackdown on property investors letting shared houses.

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Councils challenge HMO planning reversal in High Court

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Student landlords and shared house investors planning and licensing rules face scrutiny under a second legal challenge – this time...