Taking in a Lodger

00ec25

bubbleoflife wrote: »

That's a bit silly :mad: Many people share their bedrooms, i.e. friends, relatives, students. I'll be sharing my bedroom as I have to leave some of my stuff in it and sleep in my living room. Is that clearer???

you will be limiting your market as although they don't have the legal rights to it, lodgers will nonetheless expect to have sole use of "their" room - mine certainly do and I had to move my stored stuff out as a consequence

Strapped

00ec25 wrote: »

you will be limiting your market as although they don't have the legal rights to it, lodgers will nonetheless expect to have sole use of "their" room - mine certainly do and I had to move my stored stuff out as a consequence

So long as you retain the right to enter the room from time to time, and don't allow the lodger to, for example, fit a lock to their bedroom door - as this then creates a tenancy.

katejo

00ec25 wrote: »

you will be limiting your market as although they don't have the legal rights to it, lodgers will nonetheless expect to have sole use of "their" room - mine certainly do and I had to move my stored stuff out as a consequence

How big is your room? I asked my current lodger what he thought of sharing a room with the owner and he did not think much of it at all. When i started letting to a lodger, I found that most want a double room with a double bed. The room i offer is just about a double room but is jammed full with my current lodger's things. He could not have any of my things there.

rentergirl

This sounds like a very bad idea. You will need to convert a room into you bedroom. Does it have a lock on it? Can the new lodger walk through the room while you are sleeping? Even a lodger might not like that. If you have a child in the houde, can you put an airbed in their room? But sorry: it still sounds like a bad idea for all.

00ec25

katejo wrote: »

How big is your room? I asked my current lodger what he thought of sharing a room with the owner and he did not think much of it at all. When i started letting to a lodger, I found that most want a double room with a double bed. The room i offer is just about a double room but is jammed full with my current lodger's things. He could not have any of my things there.

mine is the same as yours. I had books on a top shelf, I was asked to remove them. At the end of the day I think, on a point of principle, that the lodger is paying for the use of the room and so should have unfettered use of it - subject of course to my continuous right of access for such things as eg. window inspection and "cleaning" (;) he can do it himself) and his inability to fit a lock

Judith_W

I think for this to work for you, you will really need a proper spare room. I would never lodge with the owner sleeping in the living room, just too close for comfort.

bubbleoflife_2

rentergirl wrote: »

This sounds like a very bad idea. You will need to convert a room into you bedroom. Does it have a lock on it? Can the new lodger walk through the room while you are sleeping? Even a lodger might not like that. If you have a child in the houde, can you put an airbed in their room? But sorry: it still sounds like a bad idea for all.

No, no children and no lock (I would not allow that). But yes, I guess I'll start moving some of my things and start testing the waters. If the price is not too high a lodger might actually be ok with a few books and some linen.

Thank you

paddedjohn

tommie1shunt wrote: »

If it is sharing the same room and you look good in black lingerie, PM me.

quote by the OP.
''That's a bit silly :mad: Many people share their bedrooms, i.e. friends, relatives, students. I'll be sharing my bedroom as I have to leave some of my stuff in it and sleep in my living room. Is that clearer???''

OP i think you need to get a sense of humour transplant before you try living with a stranger;)

amiehall

I have lived as a lodger in several different properties in the past but there is NO WAY I would rent somewhere where someone was coming in and out of my room all the time to get their stuff nor where they were sleeping in the living room. Having a lodger in a 1 bed house is not going to work for more than about a fortnight... It's very different living like that with people you know but someone is not going to pay you good money to live in that situation, not when they can live somewhere else without that hassle relatively cheaply.

Yorkie1

I quite agree. I would find it unacceptable to have my LL coming in at any time to retrieve clothes or whatever. There is absolutely no sense of privacy or ability to relax - particularly as the living room will also be out of bounds in view of the LL sleeping there.

OP you need to think of a different plan. This one is bonkers.