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Student letting agency behaving fairly?
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Hi, yes I remember your thread. Yours aren't in Canterbury as well, are they?0
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My son's in Canterbury too, just finished first year @ UKC. He has his house for next year, paid 1/2 months' rent for each of July and August and will be moving in beginning of September.
He hasn't had any demands for insurance though. We are just assuming we will insure his belongings from 1 Sept either as an add on to his policy or separately.. Have a daughter who has just finished her final year at UCL and managed to negotiate all the accommodation OK, including a year in Finland, so it can work OK. London housing just appears to be on a straight 12 month contract though.0 -
An HMO is not simply defined by whichever type of tenancy agreement a LL chooses to use. The Housing Act 2004 sets out what constitutes an HMO.In connection to the tenancy status, if the tenants are jointly and severally liable and it's one tenancy agreement for everyone (not individual tenancies) then as far as I understand then it's not a HMO.
Annabee - the "two or more households" refers to Ts who are unrelated to one another, ie not living as a family unit0 -
Does the property have 3or more storeys(incl basements & attic rooms)? Yes, actually it does have 3 floors. Is the property occupied by 5 or more people? Yes Do these people live in 2 or more households? Not sure, there will be daughter and 4 friends, all living together. Do Ts share any amenities -the bathroom, lavvy, or cooking facilities? Yes
Should it really be a HMO then?
Yes - furthermore on that basis it is a mandatory licenseable HMO
Given you state that the property is accreditied under the Canterbury scheme I would be very surprised if this had not been checked as it is kinda key to the whole scheme...
http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/authority/assets/housing/landlord_handbook.pdf
you can always ask the council to confirm its status - I did and confirmed what I already knew, LL not in the scheme can easily get away with not licensing!
contact details here:
http://www.canterbury.gov.uk/main.cfm?objectid=3630
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