giving up my bedroom for quick cash!!!

jembie

When I was 19 I took in a lodger in my rented house when my room mates got home sick and left me in the lurch.

He was a lovely bloke. He was a Gary Numan fan and always took way longer putting his make up on to go out than I did LOL
We got on very well and became friends. He took me out to meet all his friends and was always welcome when my friends came over.

I charged him enough rent to cover all the bills so that I was always in control of the cash.
I often wonder what he is up to now.

crawley_girl

I have a lodger but prefer to call him flatmate. He is stunning (and so is his boyfriend) and I couldn't ask for a better person to share with. He found me on the same website that seven-day-weekend mentioned above. Maybe I was just lucky but he is perfection in a 6'4 form!

skintas_2

wheni was younger my had lodgers and my mum had students, helped with bills, that money we went to spain with every year..... when i was a teenager it was fun to have teenage foreighn exchange students, gilrs to chat to, boys to fancy, used to get my schol friends turning up all the time to have a peep at the boys. when your 14 and you got hunky spainish 17 year old staying with you, your the envy of your class

temba

thanks for your replies. The aforementioned website is the one from which I found my potential housemate. I have thought about it all night, and I even slept in my small boxroom to check it didn't feel too weird! I think I'm going to do it......... though I will suggest we have a one week trial in case we don't get on, and I'll email her a list of rules

mountainofdebt

I don't wish to put a downer on this but please check with your mortgage co that they are happy with this and do the same with your insurance co as well.

lynzpower

if your insurer isnt too pleased try CIS, they were much cheaper than the others and were fine with lodgers too

specs_3

You don't have to give any notice to a lodger in your house.

TallGirl

Once as a poor student I spotted an ad in my local paper. 8 Uni students from another part of the country needed lodgings in Copenhagen for 3 days where I was living. My flatmate (our parrents owned our flat) were away that weekend so I moved into her room and let my room plus the rest of the flat out to the 8 of them. I made close to £200 for that one weekend so much money I coulnd't belive it. I did tell my flatmate when she got back and she was fine about it.
Good luck with yours hope it goes well.

seven-day-weekend

Forgot to say, although someone else has already mentioned it - do have a trial period first (say two weeks) to make sure you are going to get on.

Also another quite important point (especially if you only have a timy bedroom), try to have your own private space; we have our sitting room which the lodger is not allowed to enter without an invitation (this gives us a bit of privacy).

Also as someone else has mentioned, you don't HAVE to give any notice, but unless they turn out to be an axe murderer I think it is only fair to give some.

Hope it works for you!