I live in a semi-detached house split into a ground floor flat and a maisonette, I have the lease for the ground floor flat which includes 2 bedrooms and both front and back gardens, the maisonette consists of the first and second floor with 4/5 bedrooms, my problem is the previous owner of the maisonette who was also the freeholder has passed away, the maisonette has been sold including the freehold to a person who has no intention of living at the property and I think wants to rent it out as individual rooms, my lease which has 160 years to run states that only one family can occupy the maisonette, can the new owner just ignore my lease and go ahead and change the use of the maisonette.
Change of use.
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Reply to HMO'sby doobreyI have noticed what I think is the same trend in my area. There appear to be a lot of landlords dumping HMOs. Rightly or wrongly I have put it down to two main factors -
1. Demand. Rooms in my HMO have been letting much less easily during the past couple of years than they did five years...-
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by pom865Hi,
I can see so many HMO's listed for sale at the moment. I understand COVID is making it difficult to run HMO's. But is it really this bad? I can see few in e.g. Swansea on sale for last 2-3 years and still not sold (and this is pre covid days 2018). Not sure I understand what's going...-
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17-01-2021, 14:40 PM -
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by TenantnewbieHello everyone
to make it short, I found myself almost forced to leave my current place (I wasn't kicked out, I decided to leave), but likely I found another place so I will be moving there soon.
However, I can sense some "tension" and the possibility that the landlords...-
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19-01-2021, 15:16 PM -
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by TenantnewbieThanks DPT57. Yes I'm aware of the 12 month rent refund, although I am not sure how to apply for that and what kind of proofs do I need? And how do I do that? I was reading about it the other day and I think there are fees to pay and the possibility to be called for a hearing (which I must pay for too)?...
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19-01-2021, 18:58 PM -
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by DPT57Councils sometimes publish a register of licensed HMOs on their website. Its worth a look as in addition to the 3x deposit that you may be able to claim, you might also get a Rent Repayment Order for up to 12 months rent refund if they don't have a licence....
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19-01-2021, 18:25 PM -
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by TenantnewbieThanks theartfullodger for the response, much appreciated!
Actually the landlord now lives abroad, although he still gets letters/bills on his name on this address, so he must be still registered with this address.
Anyway I will check the deposit scheme and the HMO like you suggested,...-
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19-01-2021, 16:46 PM -
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Fairly easy to check is your deposit is protected (but I agree sounds unlikely) from the experts -
https://england.shelter.org.uk/housi...t_is_protected
Spend £3 with land registry
https://www.gov.uk/search-property-i...-land-registry
- takes 10 mins online
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Reply to HMO'sby AlexRHi Patricia, I had a couple of HMOs several years ago and it took me several years to sell them(pre-COVID). The reason is that larger HMO are specialised investments and often they are marketed for a price above the usual residential valuation. This naturally restricts your market. Often the HMOs are...
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18-01-2021, 10:57 AM -
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Reply to HMO'sby pom865I understand what you are saying. But that's not what my question is.
Few look nice and proper on wesites....-
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Reply to HMO'sby NeelixHave you seen inside them? The last one I stepped foot in needed demolishing ...
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