HMO refurbishment in Shropshire

Midlands HMO provides HMO refurbishment services across Shropshire, covering 12 towns and city areas and the rules of 2 councils.

Choose a town below, or send us the address and we'll check the council's rules for you.

Work by S&K and vetted subcontractors

Free survey and fixed written quote

Designed around the local council's HMO standards

Free survey in Shropshire

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Licensing and planning for HMOs in Shropshire is handled by the district, borough, city or unitary councils, not one county-wide body. That's why the same house can need different paperwork depending on which side of a council boundary it sits.

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

HMO rules across Shropshire's councils

Council	Additional licensing	Selective licensing	Article 4 (small HMOs)
Shropshire Council	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
Telford & Wrekin Council	None found A planned borough-wide scheme was revoked in September 2026	Not confirmed	Due to start Borough-wide, due to start 27 February 2027

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.

We found no Article 4 directions for small HMOs in force among Shropshire's councils that we could confirm. Large HMOs always need planning permission. Article 4 directions are due to start or proposed in: Telford & Wrekin 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 Shropshire: what we do

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

Kitchens, bathrooms, electrics and decoration renewed as agreed
Before and after photos and updated certificates
Works list split into safety, licence and optional items
Room-by-room condition and compliance survey
Fire doors, alarms and escape routes brought up to standard

Towns we cover in Shropshire

What landlords in Shropshire ask us

Do you supply fire doors and alarms as part of a conversion?

Yes. Fire doors, the alarm system and emergency lighting are specified to the fire risk of the house and included in the price, not added later.

Can you convert part of a building above a shop in Shropshire?

Often, yes. Flats above shops need extra attention to fire separation from the commercial unit, and we assess this at survey stage.

Can you work on a house I haven't bought yet in Shropshire?

Yes. We can survey before you buy and tell you the likely room count, the planning and licensing position and a guide cost, so you can decide with the facts in front of you.

Do you handle building regulations for conversions in Shropshire?

Yes. An HMO conversion often involves building regulations work such as fire protection, new partitions and drainage, and we arrange approval and inspections with local authority building control or a registered building control approver.