May 11, 2022 | Legislation & Regulations, Property Market
11 May 2022 A constant barrage of regulations, restrictions, responsibilities and Selective Licencing has driven an overall decline of supply in England’s HMO sector by 3% from 511,278 properties in 2019/2020 to 497,884 in 2020/21. These figures come from market...
Apr 8, 2022 | Other News, Property Market
08 Apr 2022 The average HMO is worth a third more than a comparably sized house according to new research. The typical HMO now costs £364,508 says Octane Capital, which used government data measured by analytics firm Property Data and the wider market data was sourced...
Jul 1, 2021 | Court Fine, Prohibition Order, Rogue Landlords
01 Jul 2021 The conviction of a rogue Dudley landlord who failed to rectify safety hazards in a property he let has been upheld. In November 2019 Latif Rehman, of Bank Street, Brierley Hill was fined a total of £151,070 by Wolverhampton Magistrates Court for three...
Jun 11, 2021 | Court Fine, Licensing
11 Jun 2021 A London council has prosecuted a landlord for renting out an unauthorised and unsafe House in Multiple Occupation. Daniella Mbachu, who owns property in Mitcham, was found guilty of failing to apply for an HMO licence from Merton council, and failure to...
Mar 18, 2021 | HHSRS, HMO Management Regs, Prohibition Order
18 Mar 2021 A landlord and agent must pay more than £300,000 after housing 18 people in squalid conditions. Bristol City Council officers had “serious concerns” for the safety of the residents – including six children – of 24 Lower Ashley Road in St...
Feb 23, 2021 | Planning Enforcement
23 Feb 2021 A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited the rent he was paid in a planning enforcement prosecution. Jagtar Phagura created five bedrooms in extensions built without planning...
Jan 5, 2021 | HHSRS, Licensing
05 Jan 2020 It appears that a London borough council’s two licensing schemes have expired at the turn of the year, with no alternative likely to come into force until the middle of 2021 at least. London Property Licensing reports that additional and selective...
Dec 17, 2020 | Court Fine, Licensing
17 Dec 2020 A landlord has been fined £10,000 by her local council for failing to licence a HMO. Tracey Davies of Bath was found guilty in her absence when the case came before magistrates in the city. The local authority – which says it was “acting on...
Dec 9, 2020 | Court Fine, Planning Enforcement
09 Dec 2020 A long-running case about a house divided up and let out without planning permission has resulted in a fine of nearly £10,000 for the owner. Brighton & Hove council investigated the property back in July 2018. The owner, Shirley White, had divided...
Nov 4, 2020 | Eviction, Other News
04 Nov 2020 A new rent arrears protection service has launched to cater specifically for settings with tenants renting rooms rather than entire apartments or houses. Only My Share offers rent arrears protection to individual tenants, meaning that they and their...
