HMO licensing
HMO licensing, handled start to finish.
A home let to five or more people from two or more households needs a mandatory HMO licence anywhere in England, and many London boroughs run additional schemes that license smaller shared houses too. The application needs scaled floor plans with room sizes, amenity schedules and the council’s forms. We draw the plans ourselves, check which licence your borough requires, and run the application until the council decides.
What you get
Everything the council asks for.
Drawn and submitted for you.
The borough check
Which licence your borough requires for that property.
Scaled floor plans
Room sizes and amenities, in the form the council asks for.
The application
Forms and fee, submitted for you.
The council
Correspondence with the council’s licensing team until the licence is decided.
Planning alongside
Where the borough also needs planning permission, run at the same time.
Price and time
What it costs and how long it takes.
A clear price in writing before any work starts.
Licence and floor plan bundle
£1,080Licence alongside a planning application
£450 per unitThe council’s licence fee is paid by you directly and varies by borough.
Councils vary; decisions take from several weeks to several months.
Prices include VAT.
From our clients
Rated 5.0 on Google.
What landlords say about working with us.
“They handled the planning, got everything approved, including my extension, and even helped me find the right builder. The project’s now done and running as a 5-bed HMO.”
FAQs
HMO licensing questions.
Do I need a licence and planning permission, or one or the other?
Often both. Planning permission decides whether the use is allowed; the licence covers how the house is managed and its room sizes.
Does my borough have its own scheme?
Many London boroughs run additional or selective licensing on top of the mandatory scheme. We check yours for that property.
What does the council check?
Room sizes, amenities, fire safety and how the house is managed.
What if I have been letting without one?
Talk to us straight away. Applying now is the first step to putting it right.
How long does it take?
Councils vary; decisions take from several weeks to several months.
What is included for £1,080?
The borough check, scaled floor plans with room sizes, and the application submitted and followed up until the council decides.
Get the licence package.
Send us the address. We review every enquiry and come back within 24 hours.