can he get a 4th tenant ?

CLAPTON

lots of landlords convert a downstairs room to be used as a bedroom... what's the problem here?
whether the people are validly on housing benefit is a matter for the council and not the landlord

PasturesNew

silentscream999 wrote: »

that was extremely rude of you. totally uncalled for. what kind of manners is this ? i hope you do not speak like this in public.

I f3ckin' do if I am f3ckin' annoyed!
Oh yes.

silentscream999

olly300 wrote: »

HMO = http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/rentingandletting/privaterenting/housesmultiple/

I strongly suggest your friend does research into what his legal obligations are to his tenants. If he doesn't know what a HMO is then he is unlikely to be fulfilling legal requirements for a gas safety check.

thanks but i'm sure he does! lol. i am not rich enough to own a house. this is for him and i am just trying to help him here.

he already has 3 people so the house is HMO. adding a 4th person will make no difference. he is just worried 4 people claiming may ring alarm bells but he is doing nothing illegal so there is nothing to worry.

PasturesNew

The insurance would most likely need to be done again too.
Even when I had lodgers, I had one and had to change compaies. I had a 2nd one and had to change companies again. Even though it was just for 1-2 months.

silentscream999

pasturesnew - are you a school kid by any chance :rolleyes: lets just hope you do not become a victim of knife crime that is common amongst kids your age.

CLAPTON wrote: »

lots of landlords convert a downstairs room to be used as a bedroom... what's the problem here?
whether the people are validly on housing benefit is a matter for the council and not the landlord

thanks mate. Yes i dont see a problem. i am taking a look at HMO and what regulations he needs to abide by. he must have all that in place regardless of the 4th tenant so now he can get that extra tenant if he wants.

McKneff

just for the record for anyone who is not an interested party and is just curiosly looking at the thread it stands for
HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION

Boppy_2

Does your 'friend' advertise for people being on housing benefit only??? I find it slightly strange that he has a 3 bedroomed house with 3 people claiming already and now wants a 4th, is this because he makes more money doing it this way rather than say somebody with a job who can afford their own rent???

PasturesNew

It'll be LHA shared room rate now.

Microstar_2

With all due respect to the OP, the 'friend' obviously doesn't know what he's doing or the question wouldn't be being asked in the first place. Another half-assed LL bringing all of us LL's into disrepute.
Your local council will have rules and regs about this and he's best advised to contact them ASAP and find out how they apply to him.

PasturesNew

Microstar wrote: »

With all due respect to the OP, the 'friend' obviously doesn't know what he's doing or the question wouldn't be being asked in the first place. Another half-assed LL bringing all of us LL's into disrepute.
Your local council will have rules and regs about this and he's best advised to contact them ASAP and find out how they apply to him.

This is what miffed me, to be honest.
It's supposed to be a business, with important legal and safety issues.... and the mate should have learnt what he was doing and not gone asking random mates to ask online in faceless forums for what are professional business issues affecting the living standards of other innocents.