HouseFile UK property licensing checker

Ask your AI whether a property in England falls in a council's selective or additional HMO licensing scheme.

The answer comes from HouseFile's records, each one checked against the council's own publications, with a link to the council's source and the date it was last verified. Four tools, all read only: check_property_licensing takes a postcode, plus occupants and households if you have them.

MCP connector

Server URL: https://www.housefile.app/mcp
Login: None
Protocol: MCP 2025-11-25
Instructions: Checks whether a property in England falls within a council’s selective or additional HMO licensing scheme, using HouseFile’s records. Call to see which councils the records cover. With each result, show the user the source link and the "last verified" date. If a council is not covered, tell the user HouseFile holds no records for it, and that this doesn’t mean the council has no scheme. Never tell the user a licence isn’t needed: say what HouseFile’s records indicate. Where a result is near a scheme boundary, send the user to the council’s map. Mandatory HMO licensing depends on how many people and households live in the property, so ask about occupancy if the user hasn’t said. Results are general information, not legal advice: tell the user to confirm with the council before letting.

Tools

Reads data4

Skills

None in the store listings or on the server