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To buy a house near a HMO

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BurnedM2 · 28/06/2026 17:48

viewed a house yesterday I really like which has a driveway and off road parking but the road itself parking is quite bad and the property in front is a HMO.

AIBU to buy the property

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BeWarmKoala · 28/06/2026 18:34

It would depend on the people in the hmo. We have 2 in our street. One is a nightmare. Rubbish everywhere as there are inadequate bins. Broken furniture in what was a lovely garden, parking on double yellow lines on a dangerous bend. Strong suspicions of drug dealing a few months back but that seems to have stopped.Local councillors are on it but it never seems to get much better. The other property has given noone any problems and seems to be young professionals.

starballoons · 28/06/2026 18:28

I live next door to a hmo - we moved in before it became a hmo so I had reservations about it when I realised what was coming however, everyone who lives there is a professional and we’ve never had any issues

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BurnedM2 · 28/06/2026 18:21

ok if it's priced for condition against rightmove valuation its ok

the road is also quite narrow too
2 cars cannot drive in opposite direction down the street at the same time

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Spidey66 · 28/06/2026 18:17

But lots of people live in them... students amd young people for instance, even professionals. How do you expect young people to go directly from home to having their own flat, especially in cities?

There's a lot of snobbishness about them but they're needed.

MiniCoopers · 28/06/2026 18:13

Many HMOs are professional people who can’t afford to rent a flat or work away from home during the week. We have 2 on our street: one is full of nurses and doctors from the local hospital; the other is full of people who don’t appear to work at all. It’s not a given what type you’d get 🤷‍♀️ people rent; it’s a fact of life.

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BurnedM2 · 28/06/2026 18:11

@dizzydizzydizzy thats good

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dizzydizzydizzy · 28/06/2026 18:07

I live in an HMO. It is lovely.

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BurnedM2 · 28/06/2026 18:03

The HMO is licenced and I spoke to another neighbour living near the HMO and they said landlord is quite strict with any complaints made and that they never had any issues

it's priced at the same as rightmove valuation

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shitshow1976 · 28/06/2026 18:00

I suppose it depends in the HMO and whether theres any ongoing issues?

I own a HMO (5 self contained flats) and the tennants that live there are all hardworking Men. I visit every monday to clean the communal areas and if they are Home (shift workers/working from Home) they are always quiet and polite.
Parking is a nightmare because its a traditional street full of terraced properties.
Id only live somewhere if there was a drive!

Ponoka7 · 28/06/2026 17:57

Depends on how strict your council is, who it is rented to etc etc. My sister's only issue was parking and bins, both have been sorted out and HMO licenses have been suspended. My SIL had a HMO, they were Alderhey hospital doctors/temporary consultants. Do you know who lives there? Does the price of the house reflect the HMO?

hattie43 · 28/06/2026 17:54

No- one would want a house near an HMO by choice .Anti social behaviour being the first possibility. Resale would be hard .

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