Separate TV License for a room rented on Mon-Fri?

macman

Your analogy with a mobile phone contract is completely ludicrous. A mobile phone contract is with an individual (you). It is not tied to a property. A TV licence is, as has been explained by several posters as well as me.
And how you come to the conclusion that you are not paying for water, electricity, gas and council tax at the rental property is beyond me. They may be' included' in your rent, but they're not free. In an HMO, council tax is levied upon the LL, not directly to the tenants. The LL then recharges it as he sees fit.

gettingready

Your analogy with a mobile phone contract is completely ludicrous.

No it is not.

A mobile phone contract is with an individual (you). It is not tied to a
property. A TV licence is, as has been explained by several posters as well as
me.

And this is silly - if it is tied up to a property then it should be one per property not per individual in a property - that is insane and illogical.

And how you come to the conclusion that you are not paying for water,
electricity, gas and council tax at the rental property is beyond me.

Quite a few things seem to be beyond you so I am not surprised.

They may be' included' in your rent, but they're not free. In an HMO,
council tax is levied upon the LL, not directly to the tenants. The LL then
recharges it as he sees fit.

Yes, they are included in rent, so should be TV License. And it is daylight robbery that it is not included.

macman

As already explained ad nauseam, it is already one licence per property. The property you rent is an HMO, which is not, legally, one property. Each room is a separate tenancy, so each requires a licence.
Why would it be right for your LL to have to compulsorily provide a TV licence for each unit in the HMO (especially since you yourself don't even require one)? He/she would simply have to add a cost of £145.50 to each annual rental. And you would then no doubt object to the rent increase, because you don't use a TV!
The LL cannot take out a commercial TV licence for the whole property, because an HMO does not fall within this category. If each tenant has a separate tenancy agreement, they have to buy their own licence
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/business-and-organisations/residential-landlords-aud15

almillar

You'll also have two sets of electricity, rates etc to pay.

Nope, everything else is includec in rent.

Yep - you ARE paying for it, through your rent. It's not free, and neither is a Licence.

Again - I do not watch TV, just the issue came up and I started wondering about insanity of the TV Licensing rules, that is all.

We've told you the rules, and you don't like them. I think per 'household' is far fairer than per 'person'. Should a family of 4 pay 4 Licences?!

I am not renting second property. Jezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz - it is a room

Sorry, but it's a second residence, no matter how small.

Cornucopia

I can understand where the OP is coming from, but this isn't exactly the most serious unfairness in the World...

... in fact it isn't even the most serious unfairness about BBC/TV Licensing.

gettingready

... and whatever you say - it is still daylight robbery, the rules and regulations of TV Licensing

pennystretcher

Simple answer: If the bedrooms have locks on doors and the room is "yours only" and there is a TV in there, you will need a separate license for that room. If you are only watching TV in shared areas (e.g. TV in bedrooms + living room, kitchen whatever, but anyone can enter) then you just need one license. So if the bedrooms do not have individual locks to block other people's access they will not need a separate license.

This is same as goes with university halls