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Well exactly, tell them you've had an interested party inquiring as to whether they can rent your room! £40 a week won't even cover the cost of the room alone in 99% of the country never mind food, gas, electricity, etc etc.
Also, is this the same 18yo brother you've moaned about in those other threads?0 -
Aah, yes, goodness you do keep track. It is the one and the same. I didn't want to mention ages because people might feel sorry for him as he is young, but he has been working a full time job for 2 years now and I am not his mother!Pink Sproglettes born 2008 and 2010
Mortgages (End 2017) - £180,235.03
(End 2021) - £131,215.25 DID IT!!!
(End 2022) - Target £116,213.810 -
PS Like the word "moaned," I'm very good at it!!!
Pink Sproglettes born 2008 and 2010
Mortgages (End 2017) - £180,235.03
(End 2021) - £131,215.25 DID IT!!!
(End 2022) - Target £116,213.810 -
There is another 'cost' that no-one has mentioned yet.
Since I presume that you are letting out two rooms in your house, you will not be entitled to the full private residence relief from capital gains tax when you come to sell your house in the future. Hence they will be causing you a potential tax bill in later life (OK it might be covered by allowances in the future.)
This might seem an age away now and irrelevant, but if no-one tells you, you'll never know.
See the link below if you want more details (bottom right hand corner of page 1):
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/pdfs/1999_00/helpsheets/ir283.pdfToday is the first day of the rest of your life0 -
Tell them to get there own place and then they wouldnt argue how much they paid! "Have you ever noticed that if you rearranged the letters in mother in law, they come out to Woman Hitler?":p
If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?:D
Can you breathe out of your nose and mouth at the same time?:cool:
Why don't the hairs on your arms get split ends?:mad:0 -
Well if you're paying for their food, bills, rent etc... then I think it would be reasonable to charge them £300 each per month.
Maybe look at the cost of renting a room in a shared house locally, then charge them the same. This way they're getting a really good deal, because they get all their food and bills included too!
I think 2 months notice is enough for this higher rate. They can bicker all they want about it, but i'm guessing they won't find anything even remotely cheaper!?!?! Don't feel bad, because it IS your home!Should've = Should HAVE (not 'of')
Would've = Would HAVE (not 'of')
No, I am not perfect, but yes I do judge people on their use of basic English language. If you didn't know the above, then learn it! (If English is your second language, then you are forgiven!)0 -
I should add to my previous post that my lodger thinks that £330 all in is an absolute bargain - all she has to factor in is her food to her monthly budget. Your lodgers don't even have to do that! If she only had the sole use of one room, I'd put the rent down to £300. This is a rural area, by the way, not Edinburgh or Glasgow, so priced a bit below city prices.
By all means print off this thread for your discussion, they may then realise you've been underpaid and therefore effectively subsidising them - which certainly isn't fair or reasonable.If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.
-- Brendan Francis0 -
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Good luck with the discussion, and let us know how it goes!If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.
-- Brendan Francis0 -
Hi Polyyanna
How did the discussion go?If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don't hoard it. Don't dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.
-- Brendan Francis0 -
It's not 'til Saturday.0
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