Taking in a student as a lodger - advice please!

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  • bbruce
    bbruce Posts: 369 Forumite
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    Yor rent figure sounds about right.
    My son at LJMU pays £70 pw at Liberty park but it includes leccy & heating.
    Next Sept he'll be looking for a house share - is your student is on his final year?
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  • Crispy_Ambulance
    Crispy_Ambulance Posts: 3,826 Forumite
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    It doesn't matter if your lodger is a friend of yours or not, make sure you have a contract so that both of you know where you stand. Some students union advice centres have sample contracts or you can buy simple ones from Smiths etc. You don't need a solicitor - unless they are actually a housing law specialist, they are likely to be more trouble than help.
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  • freebie_junkie
    freebie_junkie Posts: 4,019 Forumite
    tr3mor wrote:
    Did you say the student was already a friend of yours? If so I wouldn't worry too much about all the contract type stuff. £265 seems pretty reasonable for what you're offering too.



    Lies. I'm a student, live with my girlfriend and we eat proper home cooked meals, drink out of glasses and are generally pretty houseproud!




    i agree! i live in a council flart which i had to decorate and furnish myself so i keep it lovely and i cook every day and yes- i do too drink out of glasses!
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  • freebie_junkie
    freebie_junkie Posts: 4,019 Forumite
    p.s. i pay £48 a week on my council flat thats in bury, lancs. (obviously that doesnt include anything)
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  • Penny-Pincher!!
    Penny-Pincher!! Posts: 8,325 Forumite
    Derrr I hit the Thanks button instead of reply :confused:

    I would say that sounds OK, except that I wouldnt include the phone bill with that. Get an itemised bill and split line rental and sort out calls etc. It does seem quite cheap to me, but im in london and an average room here is about £90 pw and most have bills on top. So your charging £61pw roughly-that does seem awfully cheap. I think if it was me, Id charge £70pw plus half the phone bill.

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  • tr3mor
    tr3mor Posts: 2,325 Forumite
    Penny-Pincher!! wrote:
    Derrr I hit the Thanks button instead of reply :confused:

    I would say that sounds OK, except that I wouldnt include the phone bill with that. Get an itemised bill and split line rental and sort out calls etc. It does seem quite cheap to me, but im in london and an average room here is about £90 pw and most have bills on top. So your charging £61pw roughly-that does seem awfully cheap. I think if it was me, Id charge £70pw plus half the phone bill.

    PP
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    London is very expensive though, so you cant really compare.

    I'm in manchester and me and girlfriend's flat costs £64 / week each (2 bedrooms, lounge, kitchen, bathroom, secure parking, CCTV and caretaker on site). Something like this would be twice the price in london.
  • emma_b_4
    emma_b_4 Posts: 1,292 Forumite
    i too am a student i dont drink out of cartons, i cook and clean, in fact i am soo tidy my OHs friends say i have OCD on cleaning. i do like to play loud music but only at reasonable times, and every1 i know likes to play some tunes loud!!

    good luck, i would get a simple contract drawn up 'just in case' its the most sensible thing to do i would expect a contract as a lodger anyway then you both know your rights

    what will you do about food shopping? share it? shop for yourselves? if so my mate had her own shelf in the fridge and cupboards to store her things..
  • freebie_junkie
    freebie_junkie Posts: 4,019 Forumite
    emma_b wrote:
    i too am a student i dont drink out of cartons, i cook and clean, in fact i am soo tidy my OHs friends say i have OCD on cleaning. i do like to play loud music but only at reasonable times, and every1 i know likes to play some tunes loud!!

    good luck, i would get a simple contract drawn up 'just in case' its the most sensible thing to do i would expect a contract as a lodger anyway then you both know your rights

    what will you do about food shopping? share it? shop for yourselves? if so my mate had her own shelf in the fridge and cupboards to store her things..

    youd know if you really had ocd
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  • emma_b_4
    emma_b_4 Posts: 1,292 Forumite
    yes i know i wasnt making fun of people with the condition in any way. was just using it to illustrate my point that all students arent mucky lazy layabouts!
    im trying to calm down on the cleaning bcos i do get quite bad sometimes for example xmas day i hoovered 5 times and it drives me OH mad but i cant relax in an unitdy home. which means i dont relax much!
  • surfcat
    surfcat Posts: 734 Forumite
    freebie_junkie wrote:
    youd know if you really had ocd

    ..er no actually most likely you would think it was normal behaviour unless someone with previous experience pointed it out to you.
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