really small easy lodger question..

mumto2loves

G_M wrote: »

Entirely up the landlord and lodger to agree at the start.

LL should always make clear (preferably in writing) what the house rules are. Washing up liquid? tea/coffee/salt/spices? Do you share cooking utensils? Who cleans what when? Access to/restriction to what parts of house? Guests OK? Overnight? Weekends? Every night?

The more these aspects of living together are agreed up front, the less chance of a falling out.

edit: more here
LODGERS
A lodger (broadly) lives in the same property with their landlord, and shares facilities. Unlike tenants (above) lodgers have few rights. There is advice for landlords considering taking in lodgers here:

LodgerLandlord (General information site)

Landlordzone (General advice)

Rent a Room Scheme (Government info on tax-free income from lodgers)

The contract they both signed at the beginning stated things like cleaning, pots and pans, hoover iron etc, about the lodger having own kitchen cupboards for food / shelf in the fridge but didn't mention consumables. i'll go and have a look at the links now. thanks alot.:)

G_M

The fact that this 'misunderstanding' has ocurred just reinforces my point. There is no rule. It is up to the landlord and lodger to agree the rules. Every household will find a different balance between what is provided and what is not. What behavior is acceptable and what is not.

The important thing is to agree as much as possible up front, and deal with other issues as they arise rather than let them niggle away and turn into major problems.

The bottom line is that tha LL can make whatever rules they want, and if the lodger refuses to abide by them the LL can evict. Immediately. Lodgers have no security like tenants.

centretap

Am I the only one who opened this thread to find out if it was the problem or the lodger that was "small and easy"?

franklee

No :rotfl:

KateLiana27

I would suggest common sense.

Shared facilities = shared costs.

Separate = each pays their own.

[Deleted User]

When I was in a shared house/lodger situation nomally we ran a kitty (say £1.50 or £2.00 a week) for 'communal' items.

DVardysShadow

KateLiana27 wrote: »

I would suggest common sense.

Shared facilities = shared costs.

Separate = each pays their own.

I agree with that.

The other thing to say is that if you need to have a lodger, you should charge well enough that you can afford to cover some incidental extras arising from the lodger. It is no way to carry on, charging the lodger a cheap rent and getting uptight about the cost of incidentals.

chopper78

mumto2loves wrote: »

she was here tonight moaning that her lodger took 4 toilet rolls out of her stash in her airing cupboard and put them in 'his' toilet

In which case, the airing cupboard should be filled either with this:


or this



The latter being the John Wayne of toilet paper... Tough as nails and takes no sh......

centretap

chopper78 wrote: »

or this



The latter being the John Wayne of toilet paper... Tough as nails and takes no sh......

Your wiping with the slippery shiny side aren't you?