Letting a property in Kirklees: a landlord’s guide

General information as at October 2026, not legal advice. Always check the council’s current scheme before letting.

Landlord licensing in Kirklees

• Selective licensing: No selective licensing scheme could be confirmed on the council's pages.
• Additional HMO licensing: No additional HMO licensing scheme could be confirmed: the council's pages describe national mandatory licensing, for HMOs with five or more people from two or more households sharing a kitchen or bathroom.
• Fees: £664 for an HMO licence for five or six people, £764 for seven or eight, £882 for nine or more, as listed on the council's page

Separately, every large HMO (5 or more people forming 2 or more households) needs a mandatory HMO licence anywhere in England. Source: Kirklees Council.

Kirklees Council: private renting and licensing

Safety certificates

• Gas Safety (CP12): every 12 months, by a Gas Safe registered engineer.
• EICR: at least every 5 years, by a qualified electrician.
• EPC: rated E or above, valid for 10 years.
• Alarms: a smoke alarm on every storey, and a carbon monoxide alarm in rooms with a fixed combustion appliance (not gas cookers).

Book a Gas Safety certificate, EICR or EPC in Kirklees at a fixed price, and keep track of expiry dates in the free landlord dashboard.

Deposits and the inventory

Protect the deposit in the DPS, TDS or mydeposits within 30 days. At the end, the scheme decides any dispute on the evidence, above all the check-in compared with the check-out, so the inventory is what protects you.

What to record in Kirklees homes

• Stone terraces and back-to-backs: look for damp on thick walls, especially on walls built into the hillside, and photograph cellars and shared yards.
• Steep hillside homes in Lockwood, Holmfirth and the valleys: photograph steps, sloping paths and retaining walls, and note any cracking.
• Student shared houses near the University of Huddersfield: photograph each bedroom's lock and furniture, fire doors, alarms and the kitchen.
• Converted mills and town-centre flats: note fob and key counts, lifts, bin stores and bike stores, and look for condensation around large windows.
• Homes near the Colne, Holme and Calder: look for signs of past flooding or damp in ground-floor rooms.
• Pennine homes at height: record the boiler, radiators, loft insulation and any frost damage to outside pipes, gutters or pointing.

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Homes sold in Kirklees in the last 12 months

Type	Sales	Average price
Terraced	1,577	£168,360
Semi-detached	1,224	£227,251
Detached	840	£401,509
Flat or maisonette	247	£121,624
Other	146	£449,900

HM Land Registry Price Paid Data since 27 October 2025, updated monthly. Look up any address in the free property report.