This year some students are requesting locks on doors perhaps because they are not a group who knew each other before.
Hmo locks on bedroom doors.
The type of tenancy agreement in place or the fact that there are are not locks on bedroom doors makes no difference to this.
3 weeks ago.
Students migrants workers people in receipt of housing benefit etc.
I have two student hmo s in brighton which i have been renting on joint tenancies with no locks on doors for 13 years.
However if it is multiple tenancies then the tenant is not renting the use of the entire house but the room so it should have a lock.
We put these on the bedroom doors and on the front and back doors as well.
Locks on bedroom doors for single tenancy agreement sharers is a no no for 2 reasons.
The locks may make the property a hmo for council tax purposes but under the housing act 2004 any property occupied by 3 unrelated persons i e.
Hmo locks on bedroom doors quest.
First of all we consider thumb turn locks to be essential.
For an additional hmo the bedroom doors will need a thumb turn lock on the inside so that the door can be opened without a key citing this.
Apart from the legal position there are other reasons why landlord s should resist putting locks on bedroom doors when all the tenants have signed one agreement.
And 2 each tenant has as much right to enter flos sons room as any of the other joint tenants they all have equal rights to all of it.
And yes mine are thumb turn it s an hmo license requirement.
While it is vital to have protected escape routes for individually let bedrooms and self contained flats.
Thumb locks give the property an escape route.
I d much rather not have locks on the bedroom doors in the 5 bed student house i own.
Doors that need to be fitted with security locks shall be fitted with a type of security lock that can be opened from the room side of the door without the aid of a key.
It is also essential in hmo property to fit fire doors with self closers to all bedrooms.
Unfortunately this is what they want so i have to supply it if i want to let the house.
1 if the house is burgled then the damage will be more substantial if thieves break down locked doors.
1 many councils will transfer the council tax liability onto the landlord.