HMOwatchJoin the waitlist
HMOwatch deploys automated bots that continuously scrape every UK local authority HMO register — turning fragmented, ever-changing regulation into a single real-time alert the moment something changes.
THE PROBLEM
UK local authorities can introduce, extend, or revoke HMO licensing schemes at any time. Mandatory licensing, selective licensing, additional licensing — the scope shifts constantly across all 400+ councils. There is no central register. There is no notification system.
Miss a boundary change and a landlord can face a Rent Repayment Order or a fine of up to £30,000 — often because no one spotted the update on a council webpage.
Licensing boundaries updated mid-tenancy with no central alert
Manual checks across hundreds of council pages are unscalable
Agents held liable for unlicensed properties they didn't know had changed
HOW IT WORKS
HMOwatch identifies and catalogues every local authority HMO register across England, Wales and Scotland — mandatory, selective and additional licensing sources included.
Automated bots revisit every council source on a rolling schedule, parsing structured and unstructured data regardless of page format, PDF publication or HTML table.
Every scrape pass is compared against the last known state. New licences, boundary expansions, scheme revocations — any delta triggers an immediate record in the changes log.
The moment a relevant change is confirmed, HMOwatch pushes an alert to your dashboard. Your team sees exactly what changed, which council issued it, and which properties are affected.
PLATFORM CAPABILITIES
CHANGES LOG
Every detected change is written to a permanent, timestamped log. See which council changed what, when it changed, and the full before/after delta — a complete audit trail for your compliance records.
Timestamped records of every licensing update detected
Council-level attribution on every entry
Before-and-after comparison for boundary changes
ALERTS DASHBOARD
HMOwatch prioritises and queues alerts so your team always knows what needs attention now versus what has already been resolved. No inbox digging — a single, structured view of live compliance risk.
Prioritised alert queue — highest-risk items first
Properties and councils linked directly from each alert
Resolved and active states tracked per alert
ACTIVITY & AUDIT
The activity feed gives letting agents and landlords a full chronological log of every scrape, every detection, and every alert issued across your portfolio.
BUILT FOR THE PRS
Every English, Welsh and Scottish local authority licensing source in scope — mandatory, selective and additional schemes all covered.
Boundary changes and new licensing schemes push to your dashboard the moment our bots detect them — not in a weekly digest.
Every update is logged with a timestamp, council attribution, and delta detail — giving you a defensible compliance record.
No manual checks, no spreadsheet upkeep. Bots run continuously across all sources on a rolling schedule so nothing slips through.
Unlicensed properties attract Rent Repayment Orders and heavy fines. HMOwatch surfaces the risk before enforcement does.
Invite your colleagues, assign properties, and manage alerts across your whole portfolio from a shared workspace.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
EARLY ACCESS
Join the waitlist and be first to know when HMOwatch opens for your portfolio. Questions? Email us at sf-core-org-support-hmowatch@saas-factory.ai
