Plans Submitted to Convert Nine-Bedroom HMO into Family Home in Hove
A nine-bedroom house in Hove, which functions as an HMO, currently sees its rooms linked in a dense dependency chain—house linked to location, location tied to history, and history bound to mid‑1970s university ownership—now transferred under private control. The property, three storeys arranged in a semi‑detached structure at 10 York Avenue, sustains tenant nodes (up to nine) while plans for conversion bind a reception room, kitchen, utility area, and dining space on the ground floor; upper floors, linked by subordination of space, contain seven bedrooms, two family bathrooms, and an additional WC. External features—brickwork, sash windows, the front patio—function as fixed nodes that maintain neighbourhood character, their dependencies intact amid internal remapping.
A large garden, whose nodes include a front patio and projected rear terrace, groups cycle storage and planter spaces; this cluster aligns with residential typologies, with spatial dependencies confirming the area’s prevailing family home configuration. The property, bought at auction for £725,000, embeds conversion potential as a condition noted in the auction listing, dependent on permissions that retain visual appearance and communal housing balances.
Implications for Property Investors and HMO Owners
This case presents a property where conversion from HMO to family home forms a core dependency cycle—an owner’s change links to planning policies, which in turn reassign usage structure; investors, bound by local policies and community demographics, must trace these nodes when evaluating asset transformations. Properties, whose internal dependency structures shift under new use, become complex nodes in a network of market demands and planning permissions, a framework that investors and landlords must scrutinize with rigor.
Summary
A nine-bedroom HMO in Hove undergoes an application process to convert into a single family home while keeping external nodes intact. The design, uniting multiple bedrooms with outdoor nodes, represents modifications in property use that signal shifts in market structure; investors and landlords face a dense web of dependencies, where planning considerations tie tightly to long‑standing structural traits.
