more than one tv licence per household

barginboyrob

Hi, i live with 5 other people and one of them has their own tv in their room and has their one tv licence.

we also have one for the house.......but is this really neccessary?

elsien

Don't take this as gospel, but I think if it's unrelated people sharing a house, there is meant to be a licence for the communal room, then individual ones for bedrooms.
There are exemptions for some categories eg residential homes, but may not apply to you.
I guess it depends how likely it is you think anyone will notice. Some people I know in a similar situation have just had the one licence for a few years, with no problems.

Sammz

I think if the rooms lock then there needs to be different licences.

needaspirin

If a building is divided into bedsits or flats, each separate unit of accommodation is regarded as one household unit. This means that each household unit with a set needs a separate television licence. Lodgers, paying guests and other residents who occupy separate accommodation within the same address constitute separate households and, therefore, require individual licences for their own use of a television set. However, a relative, au pair or housekeeper who has a set in her/his bedroom does not require a separate licence unless the accommodation is self-contained.

[Deleted User]

Well, i have my own views on this: what the TV licence people say, and what they can detect/catch you for.

This is the official blurb: http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/students.jsp#link4

So, OFFICIALLY you need a license for each private area of the house. If you have a joint tennancy agreement, you'll probably just need 1 license.

However, I really don't believe they have the capabilities to detect and tell if a student house has more than one private area. If the house has a license, then it'll get ignored by the vans.

Personally, we had a license for our house of 5, each with their own tv in their lockable bedrooms, in our joint tenancy house

[Deleted User]

More info on the license fee:
http://www.tvlicensing.biz/

Remembe kids, they don't have authority to enter your house/flat without a search warrant

melancholly

i thought it was all about whether you had joint or individual tenancy? a couple of years ago i bougth a video player and dixons told the tv licensing people (who knew they even did that!) since it had the capability to pick up tv signals. i then got various threatening letters about getting a tv license (even though we already had one for the hosue) but when i sent them a copy of of the joint tenancy agreement they left me alone.

lethal_2

ringo_24601 wrote:

More info on the license fee:
http://www.tvlicensing.biz/

Remembe kids, they don't have authority to enter your house/flat without a search warrant

have you seen that video_pale_ :silenced:

Crispy_Ambulance

melancholly wrote:

i thought it was all about whether you had joint or individual tenancy? a couple of years ago i bougth a video player and dixons told the tv licensing people (who knew they even did that!) since it had the capability to pick up tv signals. i then got various threatening letters about getting a tv license (even though we already had one for the hosue) but when i sent them a copy of of the joint tenancy agreement they left me alone.

that's right, it does depend on your contract. If you have a joint contract, then you only need one licence - as you are all "one tenant". If you have single tenancies, you need a licence each if you have a TV in your own rooms.

And they do take students to court on a regular basis, so best to get it sorted out.

Snow_Angel

I used to work in halls of residence as a warden. Hardly any of our students bought tv licences. We asked the accommodation office what we, as wardens, were supposed to do if the tv licencing people showed up and wanted to investigate the property. Apparently, BY LAW, if the tv licencing people show up at the front door and demand to investigate THEY MUST HAVE THE NAME AND ROOM NUMBER OF THE PERSON THEY WANT TO CHECK. (e.g. in my private house now we have sepearte contracts and I am in room 2 - although none of the rooms have actual numbers - that's just for the purposes of the landlords contracts). This means you have every right to ask them to leave until they have this information (although no doubt they will tell you differently!). So if they do turn up at the house, stand firm!