I’ve seen increased amount of flats where all the kitchen facilities are essentially cheap Chinese appliances.
TheBrassDancer on
I hope that this ruling means residents in tiny studios without proper cooking facilities (plenty of such to find if you look hard enough on sites like Zoopla) can challenge their landlords too.
theallroundermemes on
I’m so stupid I initially thought the headline meant that if a room’s floor was bumpy then a microwave wouldn’t make it flat
KellyKezzd on
>The council first raised concerns after housing officers inspected the Albert Square property and found 32 of its 62 rooms were being used to house homeless people.
Does this ruling mean that it would no longer be feasible for the business to house homeless people?
GaymerThrowaway1255 on
fact that a judge has had to rule on something like this in 2025 says a lot about tenant law in general.
KittyCatTyper on
Sounds like this will increase the costs of housing, pushing even more people into homelessness. They should add a communal cooking area if they need to keep costs down.
ripitupandstartagain on
Surely this sounds like it should have been about the grey area between short let hmo and long let hotel rather than flats vs hmo. The balls to have hotel in your name operating a building which calls itself a hotel and claim you are individual flats…
SirSailor on
Wait hang on theres a major question which needs asking.
Half the rooms had homeless people in;
Is that paid for by charity or councils? Or is the hotel just give out spare rooms during the quite season to homeless and putting a microwave and kettle in so they can support them selves a bit better.
Because whats actually just happened is 32 homeless people who were living in a hotel just got evicted. (got evicted 2 years ago because of this, guessing it got stuck in the courts for a while)
Nublar_Repair_Man on
The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation suggests the Universe is flat though
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Pretty good ruling if this gets stuck to.
I’ve seen increased amount of flats where all the kitchen facilities are essentially cheap Chinese appliances.
I hope that this ruling means residents in tiny studios without proper cooking facilities (plenty of such to find if you look hard enough on sites like Zoopla) can challenge their landlords too.
I’m so stupid I initially thought the headline meant that if a room’s floor was bumpy then a microwave wouldn’t make it flat
>The council first raised concerns after housing officers inspected the Albert Square property and found 32 of its 62 rooms were being used to house homeless people.
Does this ruling mean that it would no longer be feasible for the business to house homeless people?
fact that a judge has had to rule on something like this in 2025 says a lot about tenant law in general.
Sounds like this will increase the costs of housing, pushing even more people into homelessness. They should add a communal cooking area if they need to keep costs down.
Surely this sounds like it should have been about the grey area between short let hmo and long let hotel rather than flats vs hmo. The balls to have hotel in your name operating a building which calls itself a hotel and claim you are individual flats…
Wait hang on theres a major question which needs asking.
Half the rooms had homeless people in;
Is that paid for by charity or councils? Or is the hotel just give out spare rooms during the quite season to homeless and putting a microwave and kettle in so they can support them selves a bit better.
Because whats actually just happened is 32 homeless people who were living in a hotel just got evicted. (got evicted 2 years ago because of this, guessing it got stuck in the courts for a while)
The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation suggests the Universe is flat though
I wonder if the Shabbir Gheewalla listed as a director of Oxford Hotel Investments is the same Shabbir Gheewalla involved with this: https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/dec/16/immigration.immigrationandpublicservices
I feel for the recent homeless who will likely now be evicted. Better to have a fridge and microwave and warmth than nothing.
I’m guessing neighbours complained about it and that’s why the council acted. I doubt they will approve it as a HMO.
It feels particularly awful at Christmas.Â