HMO refurbishment in Lincolnshire

In Lincolnshire, as everywhere in England, a house with five or more people forming two or more households needs a mandatory HMO licence. Some councils go further with additional licensing or Article 4 directions, as the table shows.

We plan each HMO refurbishment job in Lincolnshire around the local council's amenity standards, which set out kitchen, bathroom and room-size requirements for shared houses.

HMO rules across Lincolnshire's councils

Checked October 2026. Mandatory licensing for five or more people applies in every council. Schemes change, so we confirm the position for the address before work starts.

Councils in Lincolnshire where we found an Article 4 direction for small HMOs in force, in all or part of their area: City of Lincoln Council. We found no additional licensing schemes in force that we could confirm, so the mandatory licence for five or more people is the main one to plan for.

HMO refurbishment in Lincolnshire: what we do

We refurbish existing HMOs in Lincolnshire that have fallen behind current standards, whether the prompt is a licence renewal, a council inspection or rooms that have become hard to let. The survey splits the work into safety, licence and optional items so the priorities are clear.

Where rooms in a Lincolnshire house are still let, we phase the work so tenants keep a working kitchen, bathroom and alarm system throughout. For landlords across Lincolnshire, each job ends with updated certificates and photos ready to send to the council.

• Fire doors, alarms and escape routes brought up to standard
• Phasing plan that keeps occupied rooms usable
• Before and after photos and updated certificates
• Room-by-room condition and compliance survey
• Kitchens, bathrooms, electrics and decoration renewed as agreed

Towns we cover in Lincolnshire

• Lincoln
• North Hykeham
• Sleaford
• Grantham
• Stamford
• Bourne
• Boston
• Spalding
• Gainsborough
• Skegness
• Louth