Lodgers are a good way for tenants to make a bit of extra money to help them pay the rent. This post has some guidance
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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?
For the new version of this series >> Click here 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…
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 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 –…
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…
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Rupert Hunt – Notable Property Persons in their own words
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 site with over 1.5 million…
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