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What will your HMO licence actually cost you?
£982 sits between the cheapest and dearest routes to the same licence.
same licence, three prices
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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?
Does the property have an HMO licence?
When did the property become licensable?
For most smaller HMOs in the nine wards, that was 1 October 2025 — when the scheme started.
Is your licence due for renewal in the next 3 months?
Your likely fee
£1,618 — the late rate.
The £953 and £636 routes closed three months after the property became licensable. What matters now is applying before enforcement does — operating an unlicensed HMO carries a civil penalty of up to £30,000 — and being ready for the inspection: Southampton inspects every licensed property, and anything wrong becomes a licence condition on their timescale.
You've applied and are waiting to hear — your fee is set by when your application went in.
If you can show the property became licensable within the last three months, the £953 rate is still open — check your dates.
Your report shows exactly what, and what the visit fixes.
Your likely fee
£953 — and you're inside your window.
Apply within three months of becoming licensable and the late rate never touches you. If the property is fully compliant, the £636 surveyor route is open too.
You've applied and are waiting to hear — your fee is set by when your application went in.
If you can show the property became licensable within the last three months, the £953 rate is still open — check your dates.
Your report shows exactly what, and what the visit fixes.
Your renewal window is what protects your fee.
Renew inside three months of expiry and it's £953 (or £636 compliant-and-surveyed). Let it lapse and the renewal is treated — and charged — as a late new application: £1,618.
You've applied and are waiting to hear — your fee is set by when your application went in.
If you can show the property became licensable within the last three months, the £953 rate is still open — check your dates.
Your report shows exactly what, and what the visit fixes.
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 Southampton City 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 Southampton City Council's published criteria. The licence decision is always the council's.
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