Does renting a house to two friends count as a HMO?

My 2 bedroom house is becoming vacant at the end of the current contract which is next month and one of the viewers is interested in the property however, his response when I asked him how many people will be living in the house was “we are two single friends”. Please educate my innocence, thank you.

No
Three non related persons is an HMO
You can google what constitutes an HMO

However, if one of them moves their boyfriend/girlfriend in…

Hi @Josephine4,

We offer some guidance on the situations where you may need a HMO licence here:

A property is classed as an HMO if it is rented out to at least three people who are not from the same ‘household’, and who share facilities such as a kitchen and bathroom.

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Thank you for enlightening me on this topic.

And that’s most likely to happen soonee or later. Thank you :+1:

Thank you for the response, much appreciated :+1: