Local HMO agency Cosi Living has expanded, doubling its office space and welcoming two new full-time staff members. Founders Joe Duggan, 24 and Olivia Maher, 25, bought their first property on Gumtree in May 2020; a 10-bedroom house in Sefton Park. Since then, the property entrepreneurs have gone on to secure many ... Read More...
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Liverpool City Council has launched a major public consultation exercise on limiting the practice of converting smaller homes into houses of multiple occupation (HMOs). Over the past decade, Liverpool has seen a significant growth in the number of HMOs – with its booming student population and current housing benefit rules fuelling ... Read More...
Liverpool City Council is to apply for a Judicial Review of the government’s decision not to renew its "life-saving" Landlord Licensing scheme. The legal challenge has been filed with the High Court this morning (Friday, 3 April). Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson says the council had “a moral obligation” to tens of ... Read More...
Housing chiefs in Liverpool are pledging to continue taking action against poor standards in the private rented sector - despite the city’s "pioneering" Landlord Licensing scheme coming to an end. For the past five years, all property owners, landlords and managing agents have been legally required to licence any property unless ... Read More...
Vacant offices at Liverpool’s Vauxhall Business Centre could be converted into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) if approved next week. The three-storey Vauxhall Road building is also home to a ground floor convenience store and café and an undercroft providing a shared car park, a Nerf play centre, indoor paintballing, vehicle ... Read More...
Liverpool City Council’s cabinet is expected to rubber stamp a crackdown on HMOs (House in Multiple Occupation) in the Dales neighbourhood of Smithdown. Last year a council report said the over concentration of shared housing in the area bounded by Wellington Road/Gainsborough Road, Smithdown Road, and the West Coast Main railway, ... Read More...
Complaints from residents living the Dales area of Liverpool have “reduced significantly” following the introduction of a ban on ‘To Let’ signs according to a new report. Liverpool City Council first introduced a ban on visible advertising for rental properties in 2015 amid worries the boards were having a negative impact ... Read More...
Plans to crack down on the number of HMOs (House in Multiple Occupation) in the Dales neighbourhood of Smithdown have been revealed. Liverpool City Council says the over concentration of shared housing is impacting on the lives of local residents with noise complaints and anti-social behaviour (ASB) incidents above the city average. Currently, ... Read More...
A vacant pub in St Helens could be converted into homes under new plans. St Helens Council has received proposals to transform the Bowling Green Inn on Robins Lane into a 14-bedroom house of multiple occupancy (HMO) and two one-bedroom studio apartments. The existing building, which ceased operating as a public house in 2014, ... Read More...
Buy-to-let in South Liverpool: Students shift to city centre Once regarded as the go-to location for any buy-to-let landlord eyeing high returns on a student rental, Greenbank is now seeing an increasing number of these property owners selling up. Your Move investigates what’s driving this trend and asks whether it could be ... Read More...