Hmo Locks On Bedroom Doors
3 weeks ago.
Hmo locks on bedroom doors. Unfortunately this is what they want so i have to supply it if i want to let the house. I have two student hmo s in brighton which i have been renting on joint tenancies with no locks on doors for 13 years. 1 many councils will transfer the council tax liability onto the landlord. We put these on the bedroom doors and on the front and back doors as well.
I d much rather not have locks on the bedroom doors in the 5 bed student house i own. Hi mike consensus is if the hmo is a single joint ast living as a group there is not a requirement to fit locks. This year some students are requesting locks on doors perhaps because they are not a group who knew each other before. In addition there may be a requirement for multiple escape routes dependant on the size of a property and maximum emergency travel distances may apply while clear signage is essential.
1 if the house is burgled then the damage will be more substantial if thieves break down locked doors. It is also essential in hmo property to fit fire doors with self closers to all bedrooms. And 2 each tenant has as much right to enter flos sons room as any of the other joint tenants they all have equal rights to all of it. The type of tenancy agreement in place or the fact that there are are not locks on bedroom doors makes no difference to this.
First of all we consider thumb turn locks to be essential. The locks may make the property a hmo for council tax purposes but under the housing act 2004 any property occupied by 3 unrelated persons i e. However if it is multiple tenancies then the tenant is not renting the use of the entire house but the room so it should have a lock. Thumb locks give the property an escape route.
For an additional hmo the bedroom doors will need a thumb turn lock on the inside so that the door can be opened without a key citing this. Apart from the legal position there are other reasons why landlord s should resist putting locks on bedroom doors when all the tenants have signed one agreement. Hmo locks on bedroom doors quest. Locks on bedroom doors for single tenancy agreement sharers is a no no for 2 reasons.
While it is vital to have protected escape routes for individually let bedrooms and self contained flats. Students migrants workers people in receipt of housing benefit etc.