DASH landlord accreditation HMO renovated spacious family house ideal for sale in derby near university £230,000

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3 Bedroomes, a lounge and large storage rooms, sizeable, and roomly terraced house for an family  for sale close to Derby main campus university completely renovated in safe area opposite Markeaton Park.    Was used as an HMO    Mainly students    (One bedrooms actually 2 bedrooms joined together). EPC  C  Has gas safe certificate and EICR  electrical report.

D.A.S.H. Registered, deemed dash accreditation. Dash applies to the current owner .New owners must either rejister as an HMO or DASH , But its up to interested parties to do there own due diligence on all the paperwork and compliance  required to let property as the industry is currently going through major changes with the new rent reform act . 

current and past rental income high and vacant periods few. Has proved a decent profit maker over the decades being so close to the main campus , and appreciation admirable.Good long term investment as history has proved.  DE221GN is the area to be owning an HMO, considering the derby industry, and student numbers. 

Genuine reason for sale us being elderly based near London , derby is proving too far for us to manage the derby HMO,  with the owner suffering feet mobility issues.

Close to Bus Route that seems to go everywhere as well as  the other Campuses. Bus circles derby ensuring students  remain safe at most hours ,+ into the early morning.

Uni Bus runs 24/7  and used by both students and the public .Bus stop 100m away. 

Bought 22 years ago in order to house our daughter  (and other students) , attending university daughter doing Fine Art Therapy. 

during the 2003 major Renovations we discovered the internal doors (then covered in hardboard painted white)were ancient pitch pine, now stripped , stained and polished , reconfigured and used in many cupboard and none fire door locations.

Most of the original features dating to the 19th century were repaired/kept. All stone sills ,columns , lintols and GF steps kept. Some tall skirtings remain. Some anaglypta wall coverings remain on the GF being mid 20th century .

The Basement room floor  was tanked and walls treated for damp (against earth)  dealt with then plastered/ finished turning the 1890 room into reasonably  dry storage . 

Initially basement conversion was for dry  storage of daughters art works.Now used as a utility area and general  storage (although  photoes show a dining table and chairs).    Lately used By my family  as a dining room  but compromised .( deemed uninhabitable having a low ceiling approx. 6ft height limited daylight ,poor fire  excape   and thus unsuitable as a habitable room). 

Last was painted, carpeted, has warmth, rad, and carpeted staircase so that residents despite limited head room can enjoy the storage or utility space . 

The entrance boasts a GF  front bedroom, with 2 more bedrooms located on the first floor. Of the two 1st floor bedrooms one of the bedrooms i.e. the rear FF  bedroom is in fact 2 bedrooms in one (having a study attached to the bedroom) . Sometimes used as an couple room being deemed 1x family and allowed.

Of the 3 bedrooms two are doubles and the remaining a single bedroom.We only allow a couple in the rear pair of rooms not in the FF Front room (As its a double suitable for an single individual)

On the ground floor the lounge is located at the rear, with access to the Galley kitchen, an slim room containing many fitted units and most mod cons plus a window. Polished 100% wood worktops are oiled, rounded and shaped.

The kitchen has a washing machine, stand-alone cooker several fans ,array of power sockets and an low level fridge. 

Access to the conservatory is through pine fully double  glazed  opaque French double-glazed doors via keyless fire escape locking. Residents use the area as a utility room housing units, and a fridge freezer. Access to garden via ancient half glazed door with keyless easy egress door locks for fire safety.

Conservatory Has two single  glazed walls fixed lights /timber  on shelf/sill on dwarf masonry walling on foundations and off concrete slabbing, and plastic sloped roofing to new guttering. Boundary In solid masonry, plastered. Conservatory repaired .Has over door casement window ventilation.

The house benefits from double glazing throughout, warm kitchen flooring on 50mm Celotex, deep roof insulation, insulation sound-proofing basement ceiling, and insulation built into the basement boundary walling. The internal partitioning throughout  contains insulation assisting soundproofing , and heating’s from a newish gas boiler HE Combi.

 The latter insulation makes the house EPC  C ensuring efficiency and reasonable heating bills. Most radiators are newish with most having TVRs. Most lightings low energy.

Theres 2 washroom areas one having power shower (10.5kw electric) bath, w c and basin, the other having a boiler, wc and basin. The sanitary items are fairly new. 

The 6 x internal doors panelled fire doors and frames accessing the 3 bedrooms , basement room and both wash areas are in 30-minute fire resisting, with where possible Georgian cast wired glass achieving 30 Minute fire resistance. 

Washroom / kitchen and utility room flooring is hardwearing vinyl over structure, and the rooms have underlay and fitted carpets with carpet edgings. Most thresholds beneath room doors are in shaped hardwood treated /Stained to suit.

The house has roses (to ceiling lights) cornices, picture rails and dado rails throughout most areas and the Victorian features have been kept. Bedroom one, two and three have fitted cupboards with fenestration and panelling.Some previously flush  internal  now have panelling resembling ancient doors.

Bedroom one, three and lounge have fireplaces, with bedroom three and lounge having cast iron fire surrounds and different types of hearths. All 3 fireplaces have mantle pieces. Bedroom one has masonry features surrounding the fireplace. All 3 fireplaces are closed, and flues temporarily closed as the flues haven’t got certificates currently being unsuitable using solid fuel . 

The basement room has a fire-surround that’s structural and cannot be used as there’s no basement flue.

The main stacks+ flues are  still in place but some are capped, and others are vented. The lounge back boilers and metal copex flue liner  removed and now unused. 

Most rooms have aerial cable and TV sockets (traditional tv) cables buried in structure. A new aerial fitted with 6 way booster feeding about 6 tv sockets. 

The house has been substantially rewired and has electrical testing done/Up to date ,  and renewed consumer unit.

The meters in the basement and consumer units located on the 1stfloor entrance hall.

Interconnected smoke /heat Detectors cover kitchen, every room , loft and common areas including basement . 

The house has far more than average power and spur points as well as lighting points. Kitchen conservatory, Washrooms and hallways are automatically lighted without light switches as the controls are ceiling motion detectors. Lounge has special lighting, lowered ceiling and hidden lighting. Some LEDs Lighting.

The house has firefighting equipment throughout (removable) , and generally untested as not deemed important any more .We keep them in place for additional secury and protection ,but residents are now expected to exit rather than fight fires.

The 6 fire doors don’t have internal Keys but are lockableboth sides ,  but keyless aiding escape. Locking’s possible to the 3x bedroom and basement  doors from the hall side, with a key. The entrance hall side of the front door is keyless and escapable as it the rear external doors. The doors meet escape rules making fast fire escape possible. The basement storage shouldnt be slept in so we dont issue the latter key. 

The 1st floor window to bedroom 2 has proper fire window escape and also 2x  centre pivot windows to bedroom one/+2 excapable by an  adult opened in case of fire aiding escape.

The house has signs, and fire escape signs and there’s a side alleyway accessed from the rear whereby residents can egress the property easily ending up in the highway. Sherwin street .

Residents have a garden shed where bikes can be stored. The gardens well lit with auto night lights aiding escape. The gardens in hard surfaces, with some earth borders. The boundaries in high fencing or walling.

The roofs in man-made slates, lead, and a variety of flashings. The facias and eaves in painted timber, and some ventilated. Walling in solid brickwork with mainly stone cills. Most frames are traditionally set back 100mm. Stacks are in brickwork and lead and other materials flashed. roof is ventilated and slates have underlay in most practical areas. 

80% of the frames are in timber reducing heat loss. 2 are in  are in PVC. DG.

DPC work was carried out years ago with guarantee paperwork that lapsed  many years ago.DPC work has been redone in some places by builders over the  past 22 years (where structure was uncovered from time to time) but unguaranteed. 

The house benefits from waterproof engineering solid brickwork some wider than the brickwork above below ground to above floor levels aiding /Holding back damp. 

The quarry tiled GF to lounge and part of GF Hallway remains intact and kept as a feature uncovered. Quarry tiles require ventilation. Allowed to breath covering some areas with rugs. The quarry tiles to kitchen remain but covered with a warm lightweight floor. (50mm Celotex on membrane) raising kitchen floor enabling a 100 instead of the initial 150mm step.

All timber windows vented with top lights.   

 The basement built  145 yrs ago and its 2023 conversion doesnt meet 2025 building control rules  and never will as its not deemed habital accommodation .     Has low head room and  inperfect excape typical 19th century ,thus not deemed habitable  but never-the-less  a usefull deemed large storage  space . Has  lighting and an array of double socket outlets, in case an resident wants to use the space as an utility area. Suprisingly quiet as separated from the rest of the house to a degree. The gas and electrical meter located in basement  

The Floor to ceiling height is high typical of six streets terraces and Victorian terraces in general. Last enables HL picture rails and encourages high skirtings in some rooms. 

This terrace has a huge loft height to ridge  giving the house scope for an additional large high  roof room, with the height negating the need  for an dormer , subject to building regs and planning permission. We looked into the latter some years past but the costs of so doing wouldn’t increase the houses value enough to make it worth it .

The 6 streets area houses being close to the derbys main campus, and a safe area .Well connected . A38 by-pass 200m . Markeaton park 300m . Plenty of handy shops nearby. 1m city centre , an 5 minute drive.Usefull HMO Or Family home.   

The founder is considering retirement , and whilst this dwelling maybe soon vacant it’s an opportunity for  the retiree to  place the dwelling up for sale during the summer for a quick sale. The space has recently undergone an upgrade getting it ready for sale and as such it looks outstanding. An property owned by the current owner  for many decades, it’s an opportunity for  someone to benefit from the founders surveying  input of renovating property at huge cost , whilst keeping and adding to the Victorian fenestration. E&OE