can they say no overnight guests?

G_M

If you are a tenant you can invite anyon you want to visit, and stay. But not to live with you.

If you are a lodger you hav very few rights and must live by whatever rules the LL imposes.

LODGERS (Licencees/Excluded Occupiers)
A lodger (broadly) lives in the same property with their resident landlord, and shares facilities. Unlike tenants, lodgers have few rights.

The Housing Act 1988 provides definitions of 'Resident Landlord' and 'same property' (S31 & Schedule 1 (10).

There is advice for landlords considering taking in lodgers here:

LodgerLandlord (21 tips from solicitor Tessa Shepperson + General information site)

Landlordzone (Various articles on taking in lodgers)

Renting out rooms in your home (Government info)

Rent a Room Scheme (Government scheme for tax-free income from lodgers)

JimmyTheWig

HappyMJ wrote: »

When she stays overnight in your town why not get a hotel room for the night?

Were you ever a student?
Did you know any students who could have afforded a hotel room when their partners came to visit??

Guest101

Op does the LL live in the property?

If not, tell the agent to foxtrot Oscar. You can have anyone u like in your room.

Or exclude anyone you like.

comeandgo

I remember one of my daughters flats, one of the girls had boyfriend stay overnights and all next day while girl went out to work. It did cause problems with others as they had no idea how reliable he was, would he pinch things, would he spy on them showering, would he put the seat down? It was so much easier to agree nobody stayed overnight. Plus the bedroom walls were not very soundproof.

PlymouthMaid

I expect housemates have had a little whinge - I would just have a word with them and offer a few quid a week to put in a pot as a contribution for extra costs. It could be used to buy bog rolls or washing liquid etc. Maybe discuss a house rule for when people stay the night so all feel treated fairly. When people are on a tight budget they don't like the feeling that others are using their gas and leccy free

selement

I think my partners tenancy agreement in one uni house did stipulate a maximum number of nights a guest can stay. We ignored it as unenforceable as long as housemates are on side. I also found housemates don't like regular guests even if they like you and the guest because they believe it will significantly impact bills despite the fact extra person is only using the same things you are, it might be better to offer some sort of compensation than have this argument though...

ManuelG

I'm not saying this is the OP, but I lived in many places where the girlfriend staying over 'every now and again' ended up effectively the girlfriend moving in.

(No I didn't complain, but wish I had with hindsight).

If it really *is* now and again then, so long as you're not a lodger, it seems fair... to me. But one person's now now and again is another's all the time.

Shame they didn't speak to you first, mind you.

kinger101

mashmash90 wrote: »

It could be that your neighbours/flat mates are annoyed at your girlfriend not contributing to things like bills

I suspect they're more likely holding a grudge because they're not in a relationship. Some people can't bear to see others happy.

ManuelG

kinger101 wrote: »

I suspect they're more likely holding a grudge because they're not in a relationship. Some people can't bear to see others happy.

tbh, I could cope with the normal relationships (we all have them).

The ones that moved in and reckoned they had a vote on things such as cleaning rotas and washing up however... was another thing, especially when they did neither themselves!

Plus being on the phone all day (back in the day when we needed a landline ) so stopping any of the rest of us getting to talk to anyone, that didn't help.

One of them also moved their pet dog in, which was a surprise whenever you'd go in the bathroom at night to find it sat in there, where it had been left so they could get a good night's passion without being disturbed,

Oh, and one of them introduced me to a delightful series of curious men who'd knock on the door to deliver curious and mysterious substances in exchange for cash.

tbf one of them was great for bonding, mainly because her noisy arguing and heroically LOUD making up forced the rest of us into many glum faced resigned communal silences in the living room for the other four of us (plus yes, partners who were somewhat less... enthusiastic).

Ah, the joys of shared living.

bobbymotors

I rent houses to students.

I have (among other notices about contact, fire regs, etc) anotice upin each house saying that I personally don't mind if they sometimes have friends staying over.

But the rules to that are that the friend MUST stay in the respective students room to sleep - ie not on the sofa crashed out, and that ALL students that live there have to agree to the stop over, and if just one does object then its a no, without discussion.