HMO
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Agencies & People
Mystery surrounds Birmingham ‘virtual lettings agency’ after tenant complaint
Tenant forced to shower with bucket in garden after agency allows power to be cut off over £17,000 energy bills dispute in West Midlands HMO.
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Nigel Lewis
HMO bear traps
Creeping bureaucracy is creating a massive financial risk for landlords and agents who are managing HMOs, says Nigel Lewis.
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Latest property news
Leading council urges local tenants to report misbehaving letting agents
Exeter has set a bad precedent by urging tenants to report agents for a wide range of issues including discrimination, harassment and evictions.
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Latest property news
HMO managers face unlimited fines if they break new fire safety rules
Home Office says landlords or responsible persons will fall under the remit of the new Fire Safety Order, which follows the Grenfell tragedy.
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Features
When is an HMO not an HMO?
...when it hasn’t got a licence. The Property Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle, adjudicates on a case of inaccurate property description.
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Letting agent fined £80,000 over unlicensed HMO properties
Fire in attic of one property led local council officers to inspect the property and discover it lacked working smoke alarms, fire doors or safety notices.
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Banned landlord fined nearly £8,000 for over-crowded, unlicensed HMO
In mitigation, Sanaur Rahman has claimed local letting agents wouldn't manage the property on his behalf and that he in poor health.
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Council backs down over licensing scheme after property industry campaign
Councils will have to be more careful how they introduce borough-wide additional licensing schemes following a legal challenge by Safeagent and the RLA over a scheme in Hounslow.
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Letting agency fined £3,000 after admitting three offences relating to HMO
Bolton firm Miller Metcalfe Estate Agents Ltd must also pay £1,616 in costs and a victim surcharge after fire safety features were found missing at town centre property.
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Latest property news
Exclusive: Who is responsible for accuracy of ‘unregulated’ online lettings platforms?
The Negotiator asks Spotahome's UK and Ireland General Manager to give his view after his platform was found to have listed an unregistered HMO apartment.
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