What are the Conditions attached to the Licence?
Conditions are a list of instructions to the Landlord. You are to follow these instructions and if you don’t then you could face getting your Licence taken off you. It is an offence to fail to comply without reasonable excuse with any such conditions within the specified time limit(s) and may result in a fine up to £5000.
With some Licences, we may add some more conditions which are specific to your property. For example, there may be a problem where the Landlord hasn’t done some work on the property when he said he would. So, on the Licence, there may be a condition which states that the Landlord is to do that specific work and if he doesn’t then he can get his Licence taken off him and/or get a penalty fine.
Landlords of all HMO’s are encouraged to follow advice given in the Sandwell Council - Standards and Amenities Guide for Houses in multiple occupation as a code of good practice. This is to lessen the possibility of any enforcement action being taken under Section 234 of the Housing Act 2004.
All HMOs are required must still abide to The Management Regulations and Fire Safety Regulations which can be found at the links below. Again, if you do not incorporate these Regulations into your management of the property then you can be faced with a fine up to £1000 per breach of any Regulation.