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HMO's Sprouting Up Like Mushrooms......

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mae13 Mon 05-May-25 11:06:14

......in my area, so much so that the local council is hoping to put restrictions on granting permission to any more applications in various parts of the city.
They used to be called Bed-sits, in bygone days, generally large family properties converted into battery hen-houses. The current generation of Houses of Multiple Occupancy seem to be standard 3 bed suburban semis suddenly transformed into living space for 5 tenants, usually students.
Owners who can't sell in the current market find themselves having to give in to developers at knock down prices.
The 3 bed house next to my brother has been snapped up by the Home Office and the rumour mill, among his neighbours, is working overtime.

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eazybee Sun 01-Jun-25 11:12:17

HMOs very quickly become doss-houses and this is generally down to the landlords, who do a quick conversion, then fail to maintain the property. Garden spaces become overgrown, because temporary tenants do not possess lawnmowers or garden shears; car parking arrangements are minimal and refuse disposal bins inadequate. Doesn't make much difference whether the tenants are students, young professionals or family lettings, but it does reduce the value of nearby properties when up for sale.

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NotSpaghetti Sun 01-Jun-25 13:32:57

easybee I think that may be true in some places but my son and his housemates in Oxford went the whole hog with their garden and built a pergola. They kept the lawn and borders very tidy. My son's bedroom was not tidy - but I don't think that would affect a neighbour in any way.

Don't assume all shared houses are the same.

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