HMO maintenance and repairs in Perry Barr

Looking for HMO maintenance in Perry Barr? We take on the rooms, the rent and the compliance diary, and report to you each month.

Our base in Great Barr is about 3 miles from Perry Barr, so property visits and inspections are straightforward to arrange.

Licence and certificates reviewed first

Written terms for each property

Covering Perry Barr and nearby West Midlands towns

Free survey in Perry Barr

Tell us about the property. We reply within one working day.

Running an HMO in Perry Barr means keeping Birmingham City Council's licence conditions, the management regulations and the tenancy rules in step. We keep those together in one compliance diary.

Terms for management, tenant-find or guaranteed rent are agreed in writing for each property before you instruct us.

HMO rules in Birmingham City Council

Rule	Birmingham City Council
Mandatory HMO licence (5+ people)	In force everywhere in England
Additional HMO licensing	In force Whole city, 5 June 2023 to 4 June 2028
Selective licensing	In part of the area 25 of the city's 69 wards, 5 June 2023 to 4 June 2028
Article 4 direction for small HMOs	In force Whole city, in force since 8 June 2020

Checked October 2026 against Birmingham City Council's HMO licensing page. Schemes change, so we confirm the position for your address before any work starts.

Birmingham City Council has an Article 4 direction across its whole area, so turning a family house in Perry Barr into a small HMO needs planning permission. Before we take a house on, we check it has the planning status it needs. Seven or more occupants always needs planning permission. Birmingham City Council also runs additional licensing across its whole area (until 4 June 2028), so smaller HMOs with three or four people from two or more households need a licence too.

How we handle HMO maintenance work in Perry Barr

Our maintenance team covers shared houses in Perry Barr and across the West Midlands, carrying out planned work, repairs and void works. We log every report and agree a priority with the owner, so safety items such as fire doors, alarms and heating are dealt with ahead of routine jobs.

For HMOs in Perry Barr, we keep fire alarm and emergency lighting test records, certificates and repair notes in one property file, ready if the local council inspects the house or asks for evidence that the licence conditions are being met.

Communal area cleaning coordinated and checked
Fire alarm and emergency lighting test records
Planned maintenance schedule built around each house
Reactive repairs logged and given an agreed priority
Gas Safe engineers and qualified electricians for safety work

HMO maintenance and repairs near Perry Barr

Aston about 1 mile
Handsworth 1.8 miles
Kingstanding 2.2 miles
Saltley 2.4 miles
Great Barr 2.5 miles
Birmingham 2.6 miles

Questions about HMO maintenance in Perry Barr

Do you handle repairs as well as lettings?

Yes. Our maintenance team carries out repairs and planned work, so reported problems don't wait for a separate contractor to be found.

What is HMO guaranteed rent?

A company leases the whole house for a fixed monthly rent and lets the rooms itself. A company let is governed by the lease terms rather than the assured tenancy rules, and owners can still be exposed if the operator breaks licensing rules, so have the lease checked by your own solicitor.

Do you manage HMOs across Perry Barr?

Yes. We manage shared houses in Perry Barr and across the West Midlands, from letting individual rooms to rent collection, repairs and licence compliance.

Who keeps the HMO licence conditions up to date?

As managing agent we keep the compliance diary: certificates, fire alarm testing records, inspections and anything the licence conditions require.