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Two new landlord licensing schemes in the London Borough of Islington
Two new licensing schemes now in operation in the London Borough of Islington Islington Council launched two new landlord licensing schemes earlier this year [...]
Lambeth Council HMO Properties Consultation
The London Borough of Lambeth has recently finished its consultation on proposals for additional licensing of HMO Properties. The consultation with letting agents, landlords, [...]
Kensington and Chelsea council start consultation on second HMO licence
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has published a consultation with draft proposals to introduce a second HMO licence for landlords who have [...]
New HMO Licensing for City of Westminster due in August
In the London Borough of the City of Westminster, new additional HMO licensing will come into operation on 30th August 2021. The scheme has [...]
Residential Fire Risk Assessments
What are Residential Fire Risk Assessments and why might I require one? A Fire Risk Assessment is the process whereby an accredited person systematically [...]
New Additional Licensing Scheme In Haringey
Haringey To Run New Additional HMO Licensing Scheme A new borough-wide Additional HMO licensing scheme in Haringey was approved by the Cabinet in February 2019. The scheme [...]
Property Licensing Changes in Tower Hamlets
PROPERTY LICENSING IN TOWER HAMLETS Tower Hamlets currently runs two different property licensing schemes though things are about to change: Mandatory HMO licensing (nationwide licensing scheme) Selective [...]
The changes are here – are you HMO compliant?
New Mandatory Licensing HMO Definition The Government have extended Mandatory HMO Licensing. These changes come into force today, 1stOctober 2018with the introduction of The Licensing of Houses [...]
Testing Hammersmith and Fulham application systems
Hammersmith and Fulham launch their online application system On Thursday the 25th of May, John and I went into Hammersmith and Fulham council offices to test out [...]
National HMO Network Conference
Last week John and I were very pleased to attend a conference held by National HMO Network at the London Fire Brigade Headquarters for their biannual conference. [...]
Hammersmith and Fulham Additional Licensing Scheme
Additional HMO Licence Scheme In an aim to increase standards and control the quality of privately available rented accommodation in the district, Hammersmith and Fulham are introducing [...]
Civil Penalties Introduced
Civil Penalties show degree to which government is keen to increase control in the private rented sector. The introduction of Civil Penalties on Thursday the 6th of [...]
Why do we need HMO licensing?
HMO licensing is causing quite a stir, but why is it so important? HMO licensing has affected so many landlords up and down the country. Updates to [...]
Housing White Paper
A Summary of the Key Points The much awaited Housing White Paper was released yesterday, I had a quick skim of the main issues raised as was [...]
HMOs Debates, Discussion and Developments. Part One: HMOs created
Part one: HMOs created HMO legislation has been a hot topic in parliamentary discussion over the past year or two with more changes arriving during these last [...]
Types of Licensing
Mandatory Licence, Additional Licence or Selective Licence: what's the difference? There are currently three distinct types of property licences being issued by local authorities in the UK. [...]
Landlord Database will be introduced this year
Plans for Landlord Database for HMOs fully underway The landlord database will store the information of landlords who have failed to comply to HMO regulations. Lord Bourne, the [...]
On the Street: The Rogue Landlord
On the Street: Landlord Prosecuted for failing to display contact details. There have been numerous reports over the years of ‘rogue’ landlords. These are landlords have caused serious [...]
HMO UPDATES
Two new landlord licensing schemes in the London Borough of Islington
Two new licensing schemes now in operation in the London Borough of Islington Islington [...]
Lambeth Council HMO Properties Consultation
The London Borough of Lambeth has recently finished its consultation on proposals for additional [...]
Kensington and Chelsea council start consultation on second HMO licence
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has published a consultation with draft proposals [...]
Q&A
Q and A with Alannah
Our resident blogger at HMO Services London is called Alannah Thornton, we did a little Q and [...]