45+ — HMO conversion is a core part of what we do, not general renovation work applied to HMOs occasionally. We've built up specific experience in the licensing and compliance side of these projects across Manchester and the North West.

We check whether your property falls under mandatory licensing (5 or more occupants from 2 or more households), or your local council's additional or selective licensing scheme, and design the conversion around those specific conditions from the start — rather than building first and finding out what needs changing afterwards.

National minimum standards set sleeping room sizes at 6.51m² for one adult and 10.22m² for two adults, with any room under 4.64m² unable to be used as a sleeping room at all. Many councils set their own additional conditions on top of these national minimums, which we check for your specific property before finalising the room layout.

Yes. Licensed HMOs typically require interlinked smoke alarms on every floor, heat alarms in kitchens, fire doors with self-closers on bedrooms and communal rooms, and emergency lighting in shared areas. We build to these standards and manage the Building Regulations application and Building Control sign-off as part of the project.

Converting a house into a small HMO (3–6 unrelated occupants) is often permitted development, but this right is removed in areas with an Article 4 direction, which a number of areas across Greater Manchester have. Larger HMOs generally need full planning permission regardless. We check this for your specific property before any work is scoped.