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Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO)

by | 23 Jun 2020 | England, Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (England), Responsibilities and Liabilities (England) | 0 comments

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Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO)

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Conducting Viewings

Responsibilities and Liabilities

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Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)

Gas Safety

Electrical Safety and Electrical Goods

Safety of Furniture

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO)

Duties on the Manager of an HMO

Licensing of Private Rented Properties

Planning Control and Building Regulations

Smoking and the Health Act 2006

Controlling Legionella

Asbestos

Condensation

Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms

Start of a Tenancy

Types of Tenancies

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Joint and Several Tenancies

Succession Rights and Rights of Survivorship

Tenancy Agreements

Providing Furniture, Fixtures, Appliances and Inventories

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During the Tenancy

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Changing the Terms

Changing the Rent

When and if the Tenant Can Leave During the Tenancy

Preventing Controlling and Recovering Rent Arrears

Nuisance and Anti-Social Behaviour

Tenant Relations and Dealing With Complaints

Death of a Tenant

Ending a Tenancy

Practical Tips for a Pain-Free End of Tenancy Handover

What to Do if the Tenancy Is to Continue

Tenant Wants to Leave

Landlord Wants Tenant to Leave

Powers and Duties of District Judges

Absolute Orders or Suspended (Postponed) Orders

Applying to Court for Possession - Standard Procedure

Applying to Court for Possession - Accelerated Procedure

After the Court Order - and Eviction

Applying to the Court for Rent Arrears Only

Rent Act Tenancies

Contractual or Common Law Tenancies

Assured Tenancies

Unlawful Eviction and Harassment

Abandonment

Tenant Moves Out

Retaliatory Evictions

Apportioned Rent

Banning Orders

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HMO or not?

30/03/2017 | 1 Comment
We have been offered a property (3 bed house) to manage that has 2 unrelated sharers as joint tenants but it also has a lodger of the tenants living there so a total of 3 unrelated tenants. ...

EPC for HMOs

04/02/2018 | 1 Comment
Please can you clarify the requirements for EPCs for HMOs in particular with relation to the new HMO licensing guidelines? (more…)

Retrospective planning permission

07/09/2020 | 1 Comment
I bought a place in Portswood, Southampton near the University early February 2012 for my son and his friends before Southampton started licensing HMO's for student properties in Portswood, ...

Serving a section 8 on a tenant in a HMO

25/09/2017 | 1 Comment
I have a tenant who is in 2 months arrears on a tenancy that started in July 2017 and I intend to serve a section 8. The tenant rents a specific room in the house and has his own AST so can I ...

Tenancy / HMO

30/03/2018 | 1 Comment
If you have a group of friends renting a whole house and you give them one AST with all their names on the tenancy does it make the property an HMO? (more…)

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