The borough is named after Hillingdon, and the borough's licensing rules are what bring most landlords to this page.
Shared houses with five or more occupants need a mandatory licence. Hillingdon Council also designated a borough-wide additional licensing scheme on 19 February 2026, covering smaller shared houses of three or four unrelated people who share facilities. It comes into force on 24 August 2026 and runs for five years.
What that means for doors
Fire safety is part of what a licensed house has to show. Bedroom doors, the door to the kitchen and the doors on the way out all come into it.
We do not write the licence conditions. What we do is take the list of faults you have been given, or a report from an inspector, and clear it.
Typical faults in a shared house
Bedroom doors lose their closers first, because the closers bang. Next comes the gap, since doors in older houses hang in frames that have moved. Then seals, which tenants peel out and decorators paint over.
A note on planning
Hillingdon also has a borough-wide Article 4 Direction on turning family homes into HMOs. That is a planning matter, so ask the council before changing what a house is used for. It does not affect the doors.
Getting here
We drive from Luton and have no yard in Hillingdon. Send the report or photos with the postcode and we come back with a fixed price per door.
Questions we get asked
Does a repaired door satisfy the council?
We cannot speak for the council. We give you a record of what was done to each door, and that is what you show them.
Send it over with the postcode and we will price it door by door.
Get a price