HMO conversion and refurbishment contractor
HMO conversions, refurbishments and licence works across the UK
We convert houses into shared homes and bring existing HMOs up to the standard councils inspect against: fire safety, room sizes, kitchens, bathrooms, electrics and paperwork. One contractor, from survey to certificates.
- Free site visit, measured survey and room-size check
- Itemised written quote, fixed once scope and spec are agreed
- Works priced against your council’s standards or schedule of works
- England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Get a free site visit
Tell us about the property. We reply within one working day.
- Free site visit and measured survey
- Fixed written quote, itemised
- Built to your council’s HMO standards
- Certificates and photos at handover
- England, Wales, Scotland and NI
Why use a specialist
What makes an HMO job different from a normal refurb?
An HMO is judged against licensing standards, fire guidance and planning rules as well as the building regulations. The work has to satisfy all of them at once, and the paperwork matters as much as the finish.
Rooms that measure up
Every letting room is measured before design, so the layout is planned to the room sizes your council is likely to require.
Fire safety done properly
Detection, fire doors, protected routes and fire stopping, built to your fire risk assessment and photographed.
Amenities to the ratio
Kitchens and bathrooms sized to the number of sharers in your council’s published standards.
A licence-ready handover
Electrical and alarm certificates, building control sign-off where it applies, drawings and photos in one pack.
Services
Every HMO service, from conversion to compliance
Choose a service to see what it involves, the rules that apply in each UK nation and typical prices.
HMO conversions
All hmo conversionsHouse to HMO conversion
Converting a family house into a shared house that meets licensing and building rules.
Learn moreSmall HMO conversions (3–6 sharers)
Conversions for three to six sharers, planned around the room sizes and kitchen and bathroom ratios.
Learn moreLarge HMO conversions (7+ sharers)
Conversions for seven or more sharers, including planning drawings, building control and bigger fire systems.
Learn moreCommercial and above-shop to HMO
Turning offices, upper floors over shops and other buildings into shared homes.
Learn moreHMO refurbishment
All hmo refurbishmentFull HMO refurbishment
Stripping out and refurbishing a tired or failing shared house from top to bottom.
Learn moreVoid and between-tenancy refurbs
Fast turnarounds between tenancies: repairs, redecoration, flooring and safety checks.
Learn moreBedroom upgrades and room refits
Room-by-room upgrades: storage, desks, lighting, sockets, flooring and finishes.
Learn moreStudent HMO refurbishment
Hard-wearing refurbs for student houses, timed around the academic year.
Learn moreProfessional and co-living HMO refurbs
Higher-specification shared homes for working professionals, with ensuites and better shared spaces.
Learn moreKitchens and bathrooms
All kitchens and bathroomsEnsuite installation
Compact ensuite shower rooms built into letting rooms, with drainage, extraction and waterproofing.
Learn moreCommunal kitchen refits
Shared kitchens sized for the number of sharers, with the extra sinks, cookers and storage councils ask for.
Learn moreShared bathroom and shower room refits
Hard-wearing shared bathrooms and shower rooms with good extraction and easy-clean finishes.
Learn moreFire safety works
All fire safety worksHMO fire safety upgrades
Bringing a shared house up to the fire standard its size and layout need: detection, doors, routes and separation.
Learn moreFire alarm and detection systems
Mains-wired interlinked alarms and panel systems, designed, installed and certificated.
Learn moreFire doors
Fire door sets with closers, intumescent strips and smoke seals, fitted and recorded.
Learn moreEscape routes, emergency lighting and fire stopping
Protected stairs and landings, fire-resisting linings, fire stopping and emergency lighting.
Learn moreLicence and compliance works
All licence and compliance worksLicence condition and schedule-of-works
Pricing and completing the works a council lists in licence conditions, notices or inspection letters.
Learn moreRewires and EICR remedials
Electrical remedial work, consumer units, rewires and certificates for shared houses.
Learn moreSound insulation
Reducing noise between letting rooms and floors with acoustic walls, ceilings and doors.
Learn moreEPC and energy upgrades
Insulation, heating, controls and glazing works to raise the EPC and cut running costs.
Learn moreDamp, mould and HHSRS repairs
Finding and fixing the cause of damp and mould, plus repairs for HHSRS hazards.
Learn moreExtra rooms and layouts
All extra rooms and layoutsLoft conversions for extra rooms
Dormer and roof-light lofts that add letting rooms, planned with the fire route in mind.
Learn moreExtensions for extra rooms
Rear and side extensions that add bedrooms or a bigger kitchen to a shared house.
Learn moreLayout changes and room reconfiguration
Moving walls, splitting or merging rooms and relocating kitchens to make an HMO work.
Learn moreHMO rules checker
Does your shared house need a licence or planning?
The rules differ between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Choose a nation, the number of sharers and storeys to see the headline position. Councils can add their own schemes, so always check the address.
This is general information, not legal advice. It assumes the sharers are not one household (in Scotland, not from one or two families; in Northern Ireland, more than two households) and the house is their main home.
Reviews
Genuine reviews only
This is a new website, so we are not showing reviews yet. We will publish verified reviews from real clients here as projects complete. We never write or buy reviews.
On larger projects we can put you in touch with past clients once they have agreed.
Every job ends with a photo record, certificates and drawings you can check for yourself.
Verified reviews will appear here once real clients have left them.
What happens next
How does an HMO project with us run?
Tell us about the property
Use the form, the guide-price tool, phone or chat. Send any council letter or fire risk assessment you have.
Free site visit
We measure the rooms, check the escape route and services, and read your council’s HMO standards.
Fixed written quote
An itemised quote and programme. Once the scope and spec are agreed, the price is fixed in writing.
Works and handover
One point of contact, photo updates, then certificates, drawings and photos for your licence file.
Our work
The finish we build to
Hard-wearing, easy-clean finishes, rooms that feel private, kitchens and bathrooms that cope with several users a day, and fire safety that is neat rather than institutional.
Computer-generated examples, not photos of completed projects. Real job photos will be added as projects finish.
Questions
HMO works: common questions
What is an HMO?
A house in multiple occupation is a home shared by people who are not one household, such as unrelated sharers who each have a bedroom and share a kitchen or bathroom. The exact legal definition and licensing thresholds differ between England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
What does HMO refurbishment include?
Anything from a single fire door or bathroom to a full strip-out: fire detection and fire doors, kitchens and bathrooms sized for the number of sharers, electrics, damp repairs, decoration, and the certificates a council asks for.
Do you work outside England?
Yes. We carry out HMO works in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and we price against the rules for each nation and the council’s own standards.
Can you price a council schedule of works?
Yes. Send us the council’s letter, licence conditions or notice and we will price each item separately and give you evidence of completion.
Do you guarantee the council will grant a licence?
No contractor can: the licence decision is the council’s. We build to the council’s written standards and give you the paperwork an inspection asks for.
How do you price?
After a free site visit we send an itemised written quote. Once the scope and specification are agreed, the price is fixed in writing. Our guide prices page shows typical UK ranges.
Areas covered
Where do we carry out HMO works?
Across all four UK nations. Choose your county or council area for local rules, postcodes and prices.
England
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Bristol
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cornwall
- County Durham
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- East Sussex
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Greater London
- Greater Manchester
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Merseyside
- Norfolk
- North Yorkshire
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Rutland
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- South Yorkshire
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Tyne and Wear
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands
- West Sussex
- West Yorkshire
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
Wales
Scotland
- Aberdeen City
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Argyll and Bute
- City of Edinburgh
- Clackmannanshire
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Dundee City
- East Ayrshire
- East Dunbartonshire
- East Lothian
- East Renfrewshire
- Falkirk
- Fife
- Glasgow City
- Highland
- Inverclyde
- Midlothian
- Moray
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- North Ayrshire
- North Lanarkshire
- Orkney Islands
- Perth and Kinross
- Renfrewshire
- Scottish Borders
- Shetland Islands
- South Ayrshire
- South Lanarkshire
- Stirling
- West Dunbartonshire
- West Lothian