We help landlords challenge and reduce HMO civil penalties from the council. We're HMO landlords ourselves, so we know exactly how these fines work — and you only pay a success fee on what we save you. No reduction, no success fee.
In one recent case, we helped a Coventry landlord cut their council penalty from £30,000 to £7,000 — by challenging how the figure was worked out and putting the right arguments forward at the right stage.
Every case is different. This is one example and not a guarantee of any particular outcome.
A penalty notice means the council already believes it can prove an offence. The natural instinct is to explain yourself — but that often hands them exactly the evidence they need.
Send us your notice or fine. We check it against the council's own policy and the law, then tell you honestly whether the amount can be challenged and what your options are.
We build and put forward your case — drafting the formal representations to the council, or preparing and lodging your First-tier Tribunal appeal and representing you through to the decision.
A low fixed fee covers our work, and our success fee only applies to the reduction we secure. If we don't reduce your penalty, there's no success fee to pay.
If the council has fined you — or sent a notice of intent — under HMO licensing or housing rules, this is where we step in:
Our model is built so the bulk of what you pay comes out of money we've saved you — not out of your pocket up front.
On a penalty reduced from £20,000 to £6,000 — a £14,000 saving:
Illustrative only. Your fixed fee and success-fee percentage are set out and agreed before we start.
We own and manage HMO properties ourselves, so we've dealt with councils, licensing and enforcement from the inside. We know how these penalties are calculated, where councils cut corners, and where the real opportunities to challenge them are.
We are specialist HMO penalty consultants, not a firm of solicitors — and we don't pretend to be. Appeals are heard at the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), where you don't need a solicitor to be represented, and where a case calls for it we can bring in a specialist barrister.
You may have as little as 28 days to act. A free review costs you nothing and could save you thousands.
Book your free penalty reviewSend a few details and we'll come back to you with a straight assessment of your notice — no charge, no obligation. The sooner we see it, the more we can usually do.