Buying for a student daughter

user1977

macman said:

anselld said:

macman said:

It will only be an HMO if each tenant has a separate tenancy agreement. With 3 occupants, the usual arrangement will be a joint tenancy, an, if one leaves, the other two must find a replacement as they are jointly and severally liable for the rent.

The housing act definition of HMO is three or more occupants from two or more households.  The tenancy type (joint or individual) is not relevant.

On the other hand depends on the tenacy type and any joint tenancy is not an HMO for Council Tax.

But 3 students (or any other category) living together in one dwelling place and sharing cooking and washing facilities does 'form a household'. They don't have to be married/related or in a relationship to be classified as a household.

Not for HMO purposes (otherwise most HMOs wouldn't exist because the tenants are sharing kitchen/bathrooms).

https://nationalhmonetwork.com/what-is-an-hmo/what-is-a-household/

anselld

macman said:

anselld said:

macman said:

It will only be an HMO if each tenant has a separate tenancy agreement. With 3 occupants, the usual arrangement will be a joint tenancy, an, if one leaves, the other two must find a replacement as they are jointly and severally liable for the rent.

The housing act definition of HMO is three or more occupants from two or more households.  The tenancy type (joint or individual) is not relevant.

On the other hand depends on the tenacy type and any joint tenancy is not an HMO for Council Tax.

But 3 students (or any other category) living together in one dwelling place and sharing cooking and washing facilities does 'form a household'. They don't have to be married/related or in a relationship to be classified as a household.

Sorry, but that is incorrect on both counts.  3 students (or any other category) is an HMO within the Housing Act definition unless they are related.  It would be very easy to avoid HMO legislation otherwise.