Living next to a HMO

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Searchingforananswer2023 · 23/04/2026 18:29

Property next door is being worked on. I suspect three separate rooms for a HMO. There has been no notice or information given. Is this correct?

Does anyone live next to a hmo? Any advice?

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Overthebow · 23/04/2026 18:42

I don’t think I’d be to worried about 3 bedrooms.

Tablesandchairs23 · 23/04/2026 18:41

tilypu · 23/04/2026 18:39

It does if they are three separate households - in Scotland at least.

Where I live though, most HMOs are completely fine - people, often students, house sharing because life is expensive.

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Doesn't need a licence for 3 people in England

tilypu · 23/04/2026 18:39

Tablesandchairs23 · 23/04/2026 18:30

Its doesn't need a licence if its only 3 people. Might be decent people you get in there. Wait and see.

It does if they are three separate households - in Scotland at least.

Where I live though, most HMOs are completely fine - people, often students, house sharing because life is expensive.

stewstewstew · 23/04/2026 18:38

DS rents a room in an HMO, he's a software engineer apprentice.

BigYellowBus · 23/04/2026 18:35

I live next to one. It's no different from the bedsit I lived in when I was in my 20s. No problems at all -just various young people going in and out

Tablesandchairs23 · 23/04/2026 18:30

Its doesn't need a licence if its only 3 people. Might be decent people you get in there. Wait and see.

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