续buy-to-let问题

Buy-to-let 的房子,如果我是租给学生,他们在国内大学都是关系不错的室友,一起来租房的,这样也要买HMO吗?买后council会上门检查吗?银行贷款是fixed ,如果做HMO,银行会知道吗?取消贷款或提高利率吗?

租给3个或以上非同一家庭的人,无论他们关系怎样,都是HMO。
申请HMO之后council会上门查看居住条件是否符合HMO规定,需要申请,不是你想买就能买;
银行贷款需要更改成HMO,如果要查肯定能查到,standard btl和hmo贷款不一样,breach clause银行有权利收回贷款,至于银行会不会去查,或者council会不会去查,这个你可以赌一赌,council查到无证HMO罚款20k

我查了下coucil的文件,说是5个或者5个以上的人,并不是3个人。不知道理解对不对。原文如下:

Mandatory licensing of HMOs is required by law, and is operated by all local councils in England and Wales. Currently, mandatory licensing applies to:

All HMOs with 5 or more occupiers living in 2 or more households, who share an amenity such as a kitchen, bathroom or toilet, regardless of the number of storeys. The storey requirement was removed from the previous definition on 1 October 2018.
Other changes to the regulations mean that some flats, including those over shops, will also require a licence if they are occupied by 5 or more people, from 2 or more separate households.

GOV.UK的定义是3人或以上share房子就是HMO,这也就是HMO贷款都是以3房以上为标准的来由,但是有些council的要求不一样,比如你说的你那边council要求是5人或以上,对于council来说,你可能不需要申请HMO牌照,但是居住条件需要符合HMO标准,对于贷款银行来说,你需要申请HMO贷款