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Would your licence application be ready to send today?
£1,511 — one flat fee, and it isn't refunded if the application falls short.
the fee is fixed; readiness is what you control
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How many rooms do you rent out (or plan to)?
How many storeys, counting a habitable basement or converted attic?
Do those storeys include a habitable basement or a converted attic?
How do your tenants rent?
Do you have a current fire risk assessment for the property?
Which of these are current and satisfactory?
How many people live in the property?
Everyone living there counts, including children; a couple is one household but two people.
Does the property have an HMO licence?
Do you have a floor plan of the property, drawn to scale or in proportion?
Mandatory licence: required
6 of 6
application items in hand
The application has to reach the necessary standard — the council's own words, with prosecution named as the consequence of falling short — and the £1,511 fee isn't refunded if it's refused. Until the licence is granted, the law allows a civil penalty of up to £30,000 for operating an unlicensed HMO.
Your report shows exactly what, and what the visit fixes.
Mandatory licence: required
6 of 6 — application-ready.
application items in hand
You hold everything the council asks for. What the list can't tell you is whether it stands up — and the fire risk assessment is the one item on it that decides how the whole fire side reads.
Your report shows exactly what, and what the visit fixes.
Every point we can score, passed — the assessment puts that in writing.
Mandatory licence: required
Application in.
The licence decision is the council's — the state of the building it describes is still yours.
The application has to reach the necessary standard — the council's own words, with prosecution named as the consequence of falling short — and the £1,511 fee isn't refunded if it's refused. Until the licence is granted, the law allows a civil penalty of up to £30,000 for operating an unlicensed HMO.
You hold everything the council asks for. What the list can't tell you is whether it stands up — and the fire risk assessment is the one item on it that decides how the whole fire side reads.
Your documents are with the council; what's left to control is what an officer would find.
Your report shows exactly what, and what the visit fixes.
Mandatory licence: required
Renewal asks for the same six items — current on the day.
£1,391.50 flat (20% less if you're accredited), and the council notes you may not need the same level of detail unless something has changed. Lapsed certificates are what turn a renewal into a problem.
Your report shows exactly what, and what the visit fixes.
No licence needed.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council licenses HMOs of five or more people — yours isn't one. But the council is explicit: even if you do not need a licence, your building must meet the standards. And the fire risk assessment duty applies to every HMO under the Fire Safety Order, licensed or not.
Your report shows exactly what, and what the visit fixes.
Your tenancy structure changes the standard the council applies — your report shows which one.
A property this size I price personally — request your fixed quote and I come back the same day, usually.
Your full report comes with your booking confirmation.
Based on Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council's published criteria. The licence decision is always the council's.
Get the full report
Every criterion scored against the council's rules, your fix list in priority order, and your price held for 30 days.
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Check your inbox — the link opens your full report, scored criterion by criterion.
Different property, or changed answers?
Based on Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council's published criteria. The licence decision is always the council's.
Nothing is saved while you answer. Your result shows on screen — no email needed to see it.