An HMO is let by the room. Run it that way.
Six tenants, six rents, six leaving dates and one licence that expires. LetCompliance holds all of it, and tells you what is coming before it arrives.
Informational software, not legal advice. Licensing rules differ by council, so always confirm with GOV.UK and your local authority.
What is HMO management software?
HMO management software runs a shared house at the level it is actually let, which is the room and not the property. A single-let tool gives a six-bedroom house one rent, one tenant and one end date, so everything after that lives in a spreadsheet.
LetCompliance gives every room its own rent, deposit and bills setting, its own tenant and its own dates. One person leaving in March does not disturb the other five. Room rent runs through the same ledger, the same arrears chasing and the same profit and loss as any other let.
It also holds the two dated obligations a shared house carries that a single let does not: the licence, tracked to its renewal date, and the fire safety record for the doors, alarms and emergency lighting an inspector asks about.
The rest of the tenancy is in the same login: adverts, applications, Right to Rent, rent collection, expenses and the landlord tax figures. Free forever for one property, and pricing counts properties rather than rooms, so a six-bedroom HMO counts as one.
Built for the room, not the house
Three things a shared house needs that a single let never asks for.
A rent roll per room
Each room carries its own rent, deposit and bills-included setting, so the en-suite double is not averaged with the box room. Rooms are let and ended on their own dates, and one tenant leaving mid-year frees one room rather than unsettling the tenancy.
A licence that does not quietly lapse
The licence type, reference, issuing council and renewal date are held on the property, and you are emailed before the date rather than after it. An expired licence leaves a property in the same position as one that never had a licence at all.
Fire safety, item by item
Fire doors, smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, emergency lighting, extinguishers and portable appliance testing each carry the date they were last checked. The evidence exists before anyone asks for it instead of being assembled after they do.
Does your property need an HMO licence?
There is one national test, and then there is your council. GOV.UK says a property must be licensed when all of these are true:
- It is rented to five or more people who form more than one household.
- Some or all of the tenants share a toilet, bathroom or kitchen.
- At least one tenant pays rent, or their employer pays it for them.
Smaller properties can still need a licence, because councils run their own additional and selective schemes and they do not agree with each other. That is the part no software should pretend to answer for you: the reliable answer for a given address comes from that council. What LetCompliance does is hold the answer once you have it, with the renewal date attached, so it never becomes the thing you meant to check.
GOV.UK states that you could get an unlimited fine for renting out an unlicensed HMO. Both facts on this page were checked against gov.uk/house-in-multiple-occupation-licence on 2 August 2026. This is not legal advice.
The room-level part is the difference. The rest is the whole let.
An HMO tool that only does rooms leaves you running everything else somewhere else. These are in the same login, on the same properties.
Adverts, applications and Right to Rent
Rent by Direct Debit, with late payments chased
Check-in and check-out walks, paired and costed
Certificate renewals, emailed before they expire
A live 0 to 100 score for every property
A free tenant portal, no password to remember
HMO questions, answered
- What is HMO management software?
- HMO management software runs a shared house at the level it is actually let, which is the room rather than the property. It holds a rent and a deposit for each room, tracks who is in which room and when they leave, keeps the licence renewal date in front of you, and records the fire safety checks a shared house needs. LetCompliance does all of that alongside the rest of the tenancy: adverts, applications, rent collection and the landlord tax figures.
- Does my property need an HMO licence?
- GOV.UK sets a national test: a property must have a licence if it is rented to five or more people who form more than one household, some or all of the tenants share a toilet, bathroom or kitchen, and at least one tenant pays rent. Smaller properties can still need one, because councils run their own additional and selective licensing schemes, so the only reliable answer for a given address is your council's. Checked 2 August 2026.
- What happens if an HMO licence lapses?
- GOV.UK states that you could get an unlimited fine for renting out an unlicensed HMO. A licence that quietly expires puts a property in the same position as one that never had a licence, which is why LetCompliance treats the renewal date as a dated obligation and emails you before it arrives rather than after. Checked 2 August 2026.
- Can I charge different rent for each room?
- Yes. Each room carries its own rent, its own deposit and its own bills-included setting, so an en-suite double and a small single are not averaged into one figure. Room rent flows into the same ledger and the same arrears chasing as a single let, and into the property profit and loss.
- How does it handle a tenant leaving one room mid-tenancy?
- A room is let and ended on its own dates, so one tenant leaving does not disturb the others. The room comes free, is advertised and re-let on its own, and the rent schedule follows the new tenant rather than the house.
- Does it cover fire safety in a shared house?
- It keeps a dated record for the items a shared house is inspected on: fire doors, smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, emergency lighting, fire extinguishers and portable appliance testing. Each one carries the date it was last checked, so the evidence exists before anyone asks for it rather than being assembled afterwards.
- How much does it cost for an HMO?
- Pricing counts properties, not rooms, so a six-bedroom HMO is one property. It is free forever for one property, and paid plans start at £14.99 a month with a 14-day full trial.
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I let property myself, and I was tired of juggling an agent, a spreadsheet and a handful of reminder apps just to stay on the right side of the law. So we built the one login I actually wanted: advertise the property, take applications, collect the rent, and keep every certificate and notice in order, each taken straight from GOV.UK.
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Add the property, add the rooms, and the rent roll, the licence date and the safety record all sit against it. Free forever for one property, and a six-bedroom HMO counts as one.
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