My property person this week is Rupert Hunt, the founder of SpareRoom.co.uk and various other websites relating to flat sharing. Here is his story.
1. Please introduce yourself. Say a bit about yourself and your company
Hi, I’m Rupert Hunt and I’m the founder of SpareRoom.co.uk, the UK’s leading flatshare [...]
Tag Archive: lodgers
Rupert Hunt – Notable Property Persons in their own words
Lack of paperwork in letting – how does this affect the deposit?
A tenancy deposit problem
I have received the following email from one of our readers:
My boyfriend and I moved into a 7 person flat share beginning of Nov 2008 where we were advised by the tenant moving out that there had not been a lease agreement with the Landlord via the letting agents for [...]
Tenancy Agreements 31 days of tips – Day 3 – tenancy or license?
This is day 3 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here.
Is your agreement a tenancy or a license?
Law is never straightforward. Just to make things a little bit more complicated, in law there is a difference between a license and a tenancy.
A [...]
Lodger Landlord 21 days of tips – the final week, days 15 to 21
The 21 days of tips series has now concluded. It will however remain on the blog as a guide for anyone who wants to take in a lodger. Here is a summary of the final seven posts. As before the headings are links taking you to the post:
Day 15 – Should you use a lodger [...]
Lodger Landlord 21 days of tips – the middle section, days 8 to 14
The second week of tips for Lodger Landlords has now passed. See below the topics covered (the headings are links which will take you to the posts):
Day 8 – What about tax and council tax?
This tip looks at the government’s rent a room scheme, and SpareRoom.com’s Raise the Roof campaign.
Day 9 – How do you [...]
Lodger Landlord 21 days of tips – the first week
The first week of tips for Lodger Landlords have now been published on my Lodger Landlord web-site. The daily topics are as follows (the headings are links which will take you to the posts):
Day 1 – What is a lodger?
This looks at whether there is a legal definition of a lodger and gives advice on [...]
Lodger Landlords 21 days series – Day 1 – What is a lodger?
What is a lodger? “Thats a silly question” you will probably say, “Everyone knows what a lodger is!”. Someone who lodges. Indeed the free online dictionary defines it as ‘One that lodges, especially one who rents and lives in a furnished room’. So that clear. Or is it?
As a lawyer [...]
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