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Advice needed on declaring something to landlord??
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He's a guest.
No need to inform the LL either before or after you take on the tenancy.
The criteria on which the LL is likely to decide are your income, credit history and references etc - your brother simply does not come into this.0 -
jjlandlord wrote: »Being a 'tenant' obviously requires the landlord's agreement, by the way.
Yes, that's why I stated they were a guest, then used "If" at the start of the next sentence."Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius0 -
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He's a guest.
4 nights every 3 weeks is rather more than a guest.No need to inform the LL either before or after you take on the tenancy.
No-one knows how a landlord would react when finding out so so no-one can tell OP that it is all fine or that it is absolutely not fine.0 -
your brother staying 3/4 nights and you getting paid will boost your income a bit so no harm in mentioning it to your landlord ."Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"0
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a Landlord is not God, you pay rent, no need to tell him.
Even if on benefits,the DSS would not class that length of a stay as him living there, so would still pay the housing benefit for the tenant, if the government doesn't have an issue with it,the LL shouldn't.0 -
He's a guest.
No need to inform the LL either before or after you take on the tenancy.
The criteria on which the LL is likely to decide are your income, credit history and references etc - your brother simply does not come into this.
Seconded.
The thought wouldn't even have entered my mind of informing a landlord in those circumstances.
Put it this way - would you inform the landlord if an able-bodied friend just came and stayed 3/4 nights every few weeks? No you wouldn't. So - that being the case - then why bother to mention it because he's disabled?
The disability isn't going to have any effect on the accommodation - as its a physical disability and he therefore isn't at risk of going to "go berserk" and smash the place up (as I've seen happen with a non-physical disability).
The only practical level consideration that might impact on the place itself is if he uses a wheelchair - as wheelchairs can damage a property (eg bashing doorframes as they go through them).
However, you say he doesn't use any equipment - and, if so, then that consideration doesn't apply. It doesn't sound like his health problems would affect the accommodation at all - and therefore its none of the landlords business.0 -
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Put it this way - would you inform the landlord if an able-bodied friend just came and stayed 3/4 nights every few weeks? No you wouldn't. So - that being the case - then why bother to mention it because he's disabled?
Exactly, plenty people have significant others (or even insignificant others) staying over more often.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
Don't over complicate the situation, he is a visitor sever times a month, that is all. His disability is nothing to do with the LL nor is your right to have family stay over occasionally to do with them either. If in the future you needed to have your brother full time then you would inform the LL & they would then make a desciion based on the info provided but 3-4 times a month is nothing. I have ds's little mates sleep over more than that a month.I don't respond to stupid so that's why I am ignoring you.
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