Old lady with lodger woes

poppysarah

To be honest the lodger also has landlady woes too.

They don't get on anymore. I think they were a couple at some point but they're now not - and they get drunk and fight with each other.

I've passed him the housing application forms a year ago and he's not gone. She wants him out - and he won't go.

What are her options?

They're not married, and it's entirely her house.

RexBanner

If it's her house and she wants him to leave she can
- ask him to leave.
- call the cops to remove him and stop him coming back if he doesn't.

Obv easier all round if they can agree on it, but if needs must...

BitterAndTwisted

If he truly is only a lodger she can get him out quite easily. Just ask him to go, giving the bare minimum of notice in order to find somewhere else and then change the locks.

G_M

I don't really see the problem. Is this an issue of law or of morals?

A lodger is an 'Excluded Occupier', with no tenancy rights and no security of tenure.


If the friendship/relationship has turned sour the owner of the property/landlady can and should ask (make) the lodger leave.

A 'reasonable' notice period is required, but 'reasonable' depends on many factors:

* is there a written agreement, stating a notice period?
* is rent paid weekly or monthly?
* is there violence or threat of violence
* is there abuse, insulting behavior? Theft? other issues?

All the above would be relevant in determining what is 'reasonable', and in an extreme case,immediate eviction could be justified.

However where the relaltionship is not completely destroyed it is only fair to allow th lodger time to find somewhere else.

Fire_Fox

Has she give the lodger written notice including a leaving date? If so call the police and ask them to escort him off the premises.

poppysarah

Thanks all. I will pass it on to her.

19lottie82

poppysarah wrote: »

They don't get on anymore. I think they were a couple at some point but they're now not

This MIGHT throw a slight spanner in the works further down the line, depending on how long they were together........

He MIGHT have a claim to stay in the house if they were a couple for a long time? If it wasn't a lengthy relationship then I don't think it would matter.

zzzLazyDaisy

19lottie82 wrote: »

He MIGHT have a claim to stay in the house if they were a couple for a long time? If it wasn't a lengthy relationship then I don't think it would matter.

No that is not the case.

If they were not married and the house is in her sole name, then provided he did not make any contribution towards the fabric of the house (eg paying for an extension, or making mortgage payments which can clearly be identified as such, eg from his bank account directly to the lender) then he cannot acquire a beneficial interest in the property simply by virtue of living there for a long time, even as husband and wife.

Unless the couple live in Scotland in which case there may be a different outcome as their laws on property and relationships are different to E&W