How Small is That House! HMO Regulations Would Not Allow It!

A brilliant article on some of the smallest houses in the world.

However, if this were a HMO, then HMO regulations would not allow you to live in a place this small – even though people do and will live in smaller areas than the HMO regulations allow.

I understand and support the need for regulation – however I find myself asking – why is it that space requirements differ according to council and area?  Why is it that somebody in London can live in a space that is smaller than someone in Cambridgeshire for instance?  Why should any person have to endure different levels of living space dependent on where they live in the country?

A prime example I can use myself is where a room in a 6 bedroom HMO that I own has been deemed too small for occupation despite the fact that I had a 6 ft 2 fella living in it for 8 months with no problems at all!

HMO Regulations are there to protect the tenant but at the same time, there needs to be national standards and guidelines applied to ensure that both tenants and landlords are not unduly impacted by a bureaucratic need to differentiate and justify the existence of civil servants.