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Advice on tenant deposits and rent/bill payments

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  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    jjlandlord wrote: »
    You 'agree' but you seem not to have understood the point...

    Please explain.

    The lodger can be a tenant thing? Yes that is possible.

    However the OP can take a lodger in and it be just a lodger.

    The OP isn't in a position to manage the tenancy.
  • Commandante
    Commandante Posts: 53 Forumite
    Sorry, lodger. Yes, I've read and understand the advice and recognise that not securing the deposit was a mistake.

    I do however think that she should be paying for the bills until the time she leaves, which so far she hasn't done.

    I have however suggested forgetting the remaining bills and returning the deposit if I can check the room asap. Once before I relied on their good will and they left it in a state.
  • Guest101
    Guest101 Posts: 15,764 Forumite
    Commandante wrote: »
    Sorry, lodger. Yes, I've read and understand the advice and recognise that not securing the deposit was a mistake.

    I do however think that she should be paying for the bills until the time she leaves, which so far she hasn't done.

    I have however suggested forgetting the remaining bills and returning the deposit if I can check the room asap. Once before I relied on their good will and they left it in a state.

    Yes absolutely she should. Really you need to do an approximate amount and let her know in advance.

    Check the room and give her a chance to rectify anything wrong.

    Obviously dont return deposit until she leaves.

    Next time, agree a lodgers agreement between you and lodger. Then you avoid this whole problem.
  • Commandante
    Commandante Posts: 53 Forumite
    Thanks :) Much appreciated! :)
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 36,156 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    And if your friend is living the other side of the world is all the HMRC documentation in place?

    Or have you left your self open to them chasing you for unpaid tax?
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
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