New data has revealed that there are 59 Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) on the Isle of Wight.
An HMO is a property that has at least 3 tenants living there, forming more than 1 household and if tenants share toilet, bathroom or kitchen facilities with other tenants.
The town with the most HMOs is Newport with 13, followed closely by Ryde which has a total of 12. There is a total of 19 in The Bay area of Sandown, Lake and Shanklin.
Not all of the buildings listed are technically HMOs with PGL’s Little Canada site in Wootton and Kingswood Residential and Outdoor Activity Centre in Bembridge listed in the dataset, despite being children’s activity centres.
The largest HMO on the Island is the Ashleigh Guest House on Sandown Road in Lake which has a total of 26 sleeping rooms. Meanwhile, in Newport, there are a total of 4 HMOs on Carisbrooke Road within 100m of one another.
A number of the HMOs are owned by notable Island individuals and businesses – who Island Echo has chosen not to name.
UPDATE ON MONDAY (17th April) – Ashleigh Guest House have contacted Island Echo to say that they have only 17 rooms, contrary to the data published by the Isle of Wight Council.
I tell you what house isn’t occupied the council house opposite me have been empty for months thought there was a shortage?
Just be grateful it isn’t. As likely some single parent but who NEVER sleeps alone as the multiple toned children will testify. One or more with a disorder to up the income. An unkempt garden and barking uncared for dog all paid for by the state (us)
Enjoy your short lived peace
I totally agree.
Council and Housing associations done give a stuff, one in Godshill has been empty for months and months
Why not name them? That would be the most interesting information. I used to houseshare in my twenties. It’s hideous. Feel sorry for anyone having to do it. Feel anger at the scumbags making money out of it. Feel disappointed that with all the wealth in Britain there are so many not sharing in it.
Sorry, but why should’nt People make money out of the properties they own, also why do you think people should share their wealth, which they either inherited or earn’t.
Agree, except the landlords of HMOs aren’t the problem; they are a symptom of the system where the drawbridge is drawn up by people of a certain generation who sit in a 6 bedroom property for “when the grandchildren come to stay” and the people the other side of the drawbridge can’t even afford to rent a one bedroom flat with the exhobitant rents (the rents are understandable against the value of properties, the percentage yearly return on investment isn’t that high), it’s not even the property owners fault although a lot of them seem tone deaf to the problems the current generation face, but all in all there’s a demand for HMOs because a lot of people can’t afford anything else.Take it or leave it but it’s the truth.Tory UK.Hurrah
What is the problem with people of a certain age, as you put it, sitting in a 6 bedroom property, which they have paid for. What do you think they should do with it.
There’s no problem with that, as such.
The problem is when they are people like “Mark Bakewell” (above), sitting pretty in their owned and possibly mortgage free house and kicking up a stink whenever someone suggest “affordable housing” anywhere near them.
I own my house, mortgage free, I have no problem with affordable housing, it’s what may be in it, which can be a problem. What value do you call affordable housing?
I am of a certain age and have a property (although not 6 bedroom!); I don’t have children but if I did and my children through no fault of their own stood no chance of ever owning their own home, and for the rest of their life will throw away their hard earned money on rent, I would get equity release in my property ( which has increased in value with no input from me..), and at least pay for the massive deposit required to buy a place of your own. Not saying you or anyone else doesn’t, but imo older people should be even pressured.. yes, to do this for their kids or the imbalance in the younger generations quality of life and prospects will become gargantuan, bad enough hobbling kids chances of a better life with brexit as it is..
I am not sure what happened to my previous comment, why are you so angry about people making money from property they have taken a chance to buy, may be they should give everyone notice and turn it in to large house and put up for sell 500k. Also why do you think others should share their wealth, when they have either inherited or earn’t, through hard work.
Not an ideal situation except as a temporary option, but does resolve the ‘meanwhile’ solution for some unfortunate folks. More acceptable council/housing association properties need to be built and provided for genuine local residents.
Not expensive out of reach so-called ‘luxury’ (as they are all described nowadays??) developments for off-islanders.
Let them retire and holiday where they live, or somewhere else, not the IoW!
Should turn county hall and camphill into HMOs. Utilise the buildings that are already there. Put them to good use. Plenty of room.
As we see with all new housing now, the idea is to mix the riff-raff with the well heeled to encourage the former to emulate the latter, to make better people out of them.
So why not build any new HMO’s in Bembridge and Seaview to allow the wealthiest residents to act as an example to the poorest wretched people living in HMO’s ?
Thought not. That’s where levelling up halts if it infringes on the better people.
People with wealth are not necessarily better people. The poor are not necessarily riff raff. I think you may need to rethink your comment.
People like Bakewell who look down their noses at people who are less fortunate than them are the real riff-raff.
Poorly educated yet fortunate live their working lives in an era when housing was cheap and plentiful, he looks down his nose at people struggling to keep a roof over their heads despite being in full-time employment.
Well that’s a lie
I live in a HMO. I’m lucky to have my own bathroom and a decent landlord. Even though I work I can’t afford my own flat with all the bills on top of rent. My neighbours are good people. There’s been the odd pain in the bum but they are swiftly shown the door! So not all HMOs are full of people causing trouble.
Your rubbish also!
How dare you call me rubbish! You don’t even know me! I’m working but can’t afford to rent a flat with all the bills on top! A lot of people here are here because they have moved out of their flats for the same reason or their landlords have sold up! I suppose if we were sleeping rough that would be wrong as well as far as your concerned??
You should learn to write English properly, Steve, before calling other people rubbish.
But I expect she knows the difference between “your” and you’re”.
Hear me. This will me the downfall of us all. Society is crumbling!
What will be the “downfall of us all”? A mere 60 HMOs? That’s less than 0.1% of all residences on the Island and less than 2% of the number of empty 2nd homes (3,500).
In any case, tell me, if HMOs are a problem, what would you do about them and the people who live in them because that is all they can afford?
Shouldn’t have let this in in the first place.
Suppose some of the HMO s have connections to our administrators. Property market is organised crime. Not only are rents extortionate but they want the property price to double in less than a decade.If wages were indexed to property prices ??? The biggest crooks will invest in London property.