Under the legal rules, these all count as rooms you can sleep in:

• bedrooms
• living rooms and dining rooms
• box rooms, studies or home offices

All rooms are taken into account if large enough to accommodate a bed, eg living rooms and kitchens. A kitchen can be treated as a living or sleeping room provided it is big enough to accommodate a bed and might count as a room you can sleep in. But it could still be unsafe and not reasonable. For example, if young children have to sleep in a kitchen.

These do not count as rooms you can sleep in:

• bathrooms, toilets and corridors
• small kitchens and utility rooms
• any room that is less than 4.65 square metres (50 square feet)

2 people usually can share a room if they’re:

• a couple
• under 10 years old - it doesn’t matter if they’re girls or boys
• under 16 years old - if they’re both girls or both boys

A person who is 16 years old or over needs their own bedroom. i.e he / she can not sleep with anyone else unless they are couple.

We will provide you with a list of required documents during the initial consultation. But in generally we need following personal information:

• Name, date of birth and passport number of visa applicant
• Name and date of birth of sponsor
• Name and date of birth of other people living in the property (if any) and their relation with sponsor.

The duration of the inspection process depends on the size and complexity of the property. We will provide you with an estimated timeline. In generally, the inspection should take about half an hour.

The Housing Act 1985 is the relevant legislation (housing law) used to assess if a dwelling is considered to be statutory overcrowded. Within the framework of the legislation there are two ways to calculate if your home is statutorily overcrowded.

Section 325 - The Room Standard. The room standard considers the number of rooms available for people to sleep in the property. The law refers to your home or property as a ‘dwelling’.

Section 326 – The Space Standard considers the amount of space in dwelling and the number of people living in it.

A home is considered to be Statutory overcrowded when there are too many people living in the dwelling using either of the calculations.

Generally, children under 10 years old, regardless of their gender, can share a bedroom. Children over the age of 10 years of different sexes can not sleep in a room. However, children over 10 years old (until they turn 16 tears old) of same genders can sleep in a room.  Children over 16 years old should have their own private rooms.