Graeme and Carole Barnes, two Yorkshire landlords rented out a two-storey house in Sheffield to students. The house was normally rented to four or five students sharing as a group.
Sheffield City Council had decided it was effectively a collection of flatlets so was a house in multiple occupancy, and served a notice requiring alterations to the house in May 1992. Mr & Mrs Barnes subsequently complied with some but argued that others (including expensive alterations to meet safety regulations) were unnecessary.
The Barneses argued that the alterations were not necessary as the occupants formed a single group and the house was therefore not in multiple occupation.
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