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What is House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)?

An HMO or a House in Multiple Occupation is a property accommodating over three renters who are not from the same household.

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Planning Director
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Ian barber
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Jon Curtis
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Kate Robinson
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MTPI MD Blocks/FM Management (London Region)
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MRICS Head of Residential Valuation
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What is House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)?

An HMO or a House in Multiple Occupation is a property accommodating over three renters who are not from the same household.

Valuation Services provided by The Ringley Group

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Bank Valuations
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Development Valuations
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Rent Reviews
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Tax Valuations
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Balance Sheet Valuations

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Blogs on similar property topics

ASSET MANAGEMENT
Looking back on 2020 - and forward to 2021
What a year. As we celebrated last Christmas, none of us could have imagined what the following 12 months would bring. For the residential sector 2020 has been characterised by two things: Covid and building safety.We all responded to the first challenge pretty well. Very quickly property managers switched to remote working. We held AGMs on Zoom and ramped up tech solutions to enable client engagement. The leading property bodies got together ...

Read More

ASSET MANAGEMENT
Will Fire Safety Bill leave leaseholders out of pocket - again?
There are far too few fire safety inspectors planned under proposals set out in the Fire Safety Bill and too little funding being put forward by the Government. This is the view of the Fire Brigades Union, which has slammed the government for what it says is a ?gross underestimate? of the resources that are needed to tackle building safety in England. The Union estimates that three years after the Grenfell Tower fire, more than 50,000 homeowne...

Read More

ASSET MANAGEMENT
Why we should stop and think before turning shops into homes
Back in December, we blogged about the Government’s proposals to allow retail-to-residential (retail-to-resi) conversions as a way to revitalise high streets. The idea is that empty shops are blighting town centres, and turning them into homes could bring people—and trade—back into urban areas. The proposals went out for consultation, aiming to let developers bypass permitted development rights and convert empty Class E properties into housing...

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Will Fire Safety Bill leave leaseholders out of pocket - again?

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Why we should stop and think before turning shops into homes

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Meet our Expert Property Commentators

Mary-Anne Bowring FTPI FRICS FARLA FCABE Founder/Head of Asset Management

Strategic partnerships, holistic delivery/ opportunities, growth, value engineering, thought leadership

Ian Barber MD BTR Mobilisation & Leasing

Runs HQ & site lease-up teams. Drives rent pricing, mobilisation, marketing, happy residents!

Jon Curtis MRICS Head of Building Engineering

Chartered Building Surveyor. Lectures on EWS1 & building safety. Runs CapEx programmes.

Kate Robinson MTPI MD Blocks/FM Management (London Region)

Master plan setup, ops and staffing and resident engagement. ISO45001 champion.

Lee Harle Partner Ringley Law

Plot conveyancing. Debt litigation. Group Company Secretary.

Anthony Kingdon MIRPM AssocRICS MD Blocks/FM Management (North Region)

Stakeholder engagement. Mixed tenure specialist. Budget management. Plant audit, PPM compliance.

Chris Georgalis MRICS Head of Commercial Valuation

Chartered Valuer. Rental valuations: retail, leisure. IRR modelling and valuations for secured lending. Compulsory purchase & rent reviews

Nichola Pughe MRICS Head of Residential Valuation

Chartered Valuer. Rental development & mixed use valuations, IRR modelling. Leasehold enfranchisement specialist

Natalie Birmingham Helpdesk Support Manager

Trainer & Helpdesk Manager: people, systems,contractors. ISO45001 supply chain accreditation.

Steve Norman Planning Director

Land due diligence (opportunities & constraints) Has contributed to a number of award winning schemes.