Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
HMO Licensing.
Perhaps some forum members can shed a little light on this for me.
I own a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom flat on the ladder that is currently tenanted. Previously to this I lived there with my wife.
The current tenants have decided to use the living room as a bedroom as the kitchen is quite large. They put the council tax in all 3 names of the tenants. Everything was going fine with this until I was contacted via post, and then by phone, by Community Housing Services at Haringey Council.
They're insisting I print out a 15 page application form to turn the property into a HMO. I believe the charge is in the region of £208 per bedroom for a 5 year license. Threatening letters, very insistent that they're allowed access to the building to inspect it etc. Very persistent indeed.
The thing that irks me is that my property isn't a house or a flat that has been turned into a bunch of bedsits. It's 3 friends living in a flat together. I've read through the application form and it asks for details on each 'bedsit room' and also details about what shared kitchens/bathrooms there are etc.
Apparently the guidelines for HMO's stipulate that if you have 3 people from 2 or more families living under the same roof, its a HMO. I just don't feel this is fair. Am I wrong?
I also don't see what benefit I'm getting out of having to part with over £600 for essentially nothing. I can't think of a single way it benefits me.
Thoughts?
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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Link here and here to the newspaper articles.
"In order to secure a licence, landlords have to ensure that sufficient health and safety measures are in place, as well as procedures to deal with antisocial behaviour and environmental crime. The council believes that drawing up a landlords’ register will also tackle poor standards of housing, overcrowding and missed rubbish collections." So what's his problem?
The plaintiff believes that most landlords don't need it. But resisting paying £2 a week (out of £100s in rent) per property, to bring all landlords up to the same standard ? i hope he gets wiped out at the pre-review stage, as I really want to see this scheme adopted nationwide. Seems obviously a winner and desperately needed. The small matter of catching tax evasion avoidance is part of the wins, too.
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Permalink Reply by Ben Benim on
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As I said earlier, in principle it looks a good way to go. However it is not £2 pw per property with Haringey council.Haringey council demand is for £208 per person. The other point is it is not consistent with the legislation itself. Because the legislation states "per household" as against "per person" that the Haringey council states. The other issue is what is Haringey council doing whilst the issue is up for judicial review. Is Haringey ignoring the fact that there is judicial review and continuing with their demand or are they waiting for the outcome of the judicial review as Enfield council is.
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Permalink Reply by Nigel Tuppen on
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Sorry missed out time of meeting.
It is 6.45pm
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You may be interested in this
There is a Landlords meeting organised by Regas Costantinos on 4th September at Trios Banqueting Suite in Palmers Green N13 5TU.
He is the one taking Enfield to court.
There will be loads of Land lords and agents there.
The hearing will be in.October.
In Nottingham some LLords took Nottingham City Council to court over a new licence
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