Have a spare room - how can I make money from it (without renting)?

jamie11

phill99 wrote: »

In terms of the covenant, it needs for the homeowner to be found out and the covenant beneficiary to take *section.

Hmmm! Not really the sort of advice the OP needs. Let's stick to keeping it legal and within covenants.

* did you mean 'action'?

phill99

jamie11 wrote: »

Hmmm! Not really the sort of advice the OP needs. Let's stick to keeping it legal and within covenants.

* did you mean 'action'?

Yes I did mean action.

But we don't know there are any covenants.

The OP asked for ideas to generate income from a spare room. I offered ideas. It's up to the OP to do appropriate investigation and research into feasibility.

AlexMac

Well, we've already had the suggestions for bordello, adult-film lab, and stash store- so I might as well add the option of a nicy hydroponic growing farm- perhaps for tomatoes or similar leafy plants?

But more seriously, we know someone who was clobbered by the bedroom tax (sorry Dave, I mean "the overoccupancy surcharge for the over-housed and undeserving scrounger") so had to find a lodger, advertised on one of the many websites, and were inundated with applicants, several of whom just wanted work or study accommodation rather than a full-time home.

sandsni

AlexMac wrote: »

Well, we've already had the suggestions for bordello, adult-film lab

You just made me realise how my suggestion sounded . I honestly meant it in a totally innocent way lol. I heard somewhere on tv or something about people making money by allowing film and tv crews to use their properties for filming.

gazter

AlexMac wrote: »

Well, we've already had the suggestions for bordello, adult-film lab, and stash store- so I might as well add the option of a nicy hydroponic growing farm- perhaps for tomatoes or similar leafy plants?

But more seriously, we know someone who was clobbered by the bedroom tax (sorry Dave, I mean "the overoccupancy surcharge for the over-housed and undeserving scrounger") so had to find a lodger, advertised on one of the many websites, and were inundated with applicants, several of whom just wanted work or study accommodation rather than a full-time home.

By 'clobbered', you mean had their housing benefit adjusted to cover the amount of huosing benefit that suits the size of their household need, not what they want?

LiveOnce

Hmm so work and study room seems interesting. I am going to have an office of my own in the room maybe, so if I get a desk and a office chair would that be sufficient?

I was thinking of lending the room as a B&B to someone who could be travelling nearby. Would this work? I do not want to turn it into a B&B but as a temporary accommodation where I can chose who to invite.

puppypants

My daughter used to rent out a room as B & B with this website:-

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/