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Should I take my friend's offer of his flat?

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  • jennifernil
    jennifernil Posts: 5,839 Forumite
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    What about council tax if the OP (student?) was a "lodger"? would the (LL) friend not still be liable? Or is he a student too?

    He would also be registered at his new place.
  • Indie_Kid
    Indie_Kid Posts: 23,100 Forumite
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    What about council tax if the OP (student?) was a "lodger"? would the (LL) friend not still be liable? Or is he a student too?

    He would also be registered at his new place.

    He's not a student. He has pretty much said (which I probably didn't quite get across in my OP) that I would be living at his flat (where he is currently living) and he would be living in his new house.

    Not too sure if this is going to happen now - I received a text from him last night which said he's not sure when he'll be moving or selling and he did say that rent around here is quite high - I currently £100.03 per week for halls and from what I've seen, would be looking at least £110 per week excluding bills.
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  • Fire_Fox
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    Yes but from a pratical point of view I don't think it will be a problem showing you live there and sometimes stay with your girlfriend. Or you go off somewhere and come home on the weekends.

    What you *think* is called tax evasion. The OP has clearly stated his friend would NOT be using the flat as as his main residence.
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  • Fire_Fox wrote: »
    What you *think* is called tax evasion. The OP has clearly stated his friend would NOT be using the flat as as his main residence.

    I think you are going too much by the letter. This can be just a simple room let. The tax man is not going to come after this guy they have much bigger fish to fry.
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