Management responsibilities

You are responsible for ensuring that your property is effectively managed whilst you are renting to your tenants.

Property licensing

If you are renting a property as a house in multiple occupation (HMO), you have the following obligations:

• Property rented as an HMO in Haringey must have a property licence to be legally let
• Property in Haringey that is licensed as an HMO must adhere to:
  • the HMO licensing conditions (pdf, 4 page(s), 141.19 KB)
  • the Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation regulation
  • Haringey HMO standards (pdf, 6 page(s), 113.36 KB)

If you are renting a property to a single person, 2 people or a single household (e.g. a family) within the selective licencing zone, you will also need a selective property licence. You must also adhere to the selective licensing conditions (pdf, 6 page(s), 1.96 MB).

Nuisance and ASB

You are also responsible for ensuring your tenants do not cause a nuisance to neighbouring properties by taking action if you are notified of:

• noise nuisance
• anti-social behaviour (ASB)
• environmental ASB such as contaminated recycling, not putting refuse out for collection, fly-tipping, or harbourage in rear and front gardens