Room lets and tenant find in Staffordshire

Across Staffordshire, our HMO room letting service follows the same approach: measured survey, council rules checked for the address, fixed written quote.

Staffordshire has 9 councils with HMO responsibilities, and their schemes are not the same. The table below shows what we found for each.

Build, compliance and lettings in one team

Licence and certificates reviewed first

Checked against the local council's HMO rules

Free survey in Staffordshire

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

Our work in Staffordshire ranges from single conversions for first-time landlords to multi-house programmes for investors, all priced in writing before work starts.

Licensing and planning for HMOs in Staffordshire 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.

HMO rules across Staffordshire's councils

Council	Additional licensing	Selective licensing	Article 4 (small HMOs)
Cannock Chase District Council	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
East Staffordshire Borough Council	None found	In part of the area Parts of Burton until 11 September 2027. A new scheme for 16 Burton streets runs 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2031	Not confirmed
Lichfield District Council	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Proposed The council is investigating a borough-wide direction; none in force when checked
South Staffordshire Council	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
Stafford Borough Council	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
Stoke-on-Trent City Council	Proposed A citywide scheme was proposed in August 2026, subject to consultation	Not confirmed	In force Whole city, immediate direction from 23 October 2026. It lapses unless the council confirms it within six months
Tamworth Borough Council	Proposed Consultation on licensing three and four person HMOs closed 20 August 2026; no decision found	Not confirmed	Not confirmed

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 Staffordshire where we found an Article 4 direction for small HMOs in force, in all or part of their area: Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Article 4 directions are due to start or proposed in: Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough 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.

Our HMO room letting service in Staffordshire

We let HMO rooms in Staffordshire for owners who manage their own houses, from a single room to every room as it falls vacant. Each advert shows the asking rent, and each applicant is referenced and checked in the same way before any paperwork is signed.

Room lets in Staffordshire follow the same national rules as anywhere in England: assured periodic tenancies, no bidding, no blanket bans and limits on rent in advance. Where the house needs an HMO licence, we check the licence conditions on occupancy before letting each room.

Room adverts with photos and the asking rent shown
Photo inventory and alarm check on move-in day
Enquiries handled and viewings carried out
Referencing and Right to Rent checks where required
Written tenancy terms and deposit protection

Towns we cover in Staffordshire

Questions about HMO room letting in Staffordshire

Do you manage HMOs across Staffordshire?

Yes. We manage shared houses in Staffordshire and across Staffordshire, from letting individual rooms to rent collection, repairs and licence compliance.

How do you find tenants for rooms in Staffordshire?

We advertise each room, carry out viewings, reference applicants and handle move-in, with rooms let under the tenancy rules in force at the time.

Can you manage a house that you converted for me?

Yes, and it helps. We already have the drawings, certificates and specification, so the handover into management is straightforward.

What do tenants pay you?

Tenants don't pay us letting fees. Under the Tenant Fees Act 2019, only certain payments such as rent and a capped deposit can be charged. Our fees page sets this out.