Partner visiting HMO

Crashy_Time

agrinnall wrote: »

I can't see any reason why a neighbour would care what was going on in another property, so I'm wondering if the person who has told the LA about your partner staying is your flatmate, and they've done that because they don't want your partner to stay so often but are uncomfortable tackling you directly about it.

My thoughts exactly....why not just get a flat with your partner?

AnnieO1234

agrinnall wrote: »

I can't see any reason why a neighbour would care what was going on in another property, so I'm wondering if the person who has told the LA about your partner staying is your flatmate, and they've done that because they don't want your partner to stay so often but are uncomfortable tackling you directly about it.

I'm wondering this too. It may even be that they've complained to your HR department. I'm not sure I would be happy if I was living with a colleague (if it was arranged via work and not simply an arrangement two friends who happen to be colleagues have made.) Living with another singleton is very different to feeling that you've got a 2 versus 1 situation.

When your partner comes over this will obviously impact on the other tenant, be that they don't feel they can relax, can't use the facilities because they're being taken up by your guest, or even that they're not comfortable having an unknown male roaming the place.

There's more to this than meets the eye I feel.

I would tell the agent to go forth, who you have as guests is your choice and that any "checking" on you disturbs your quiet enjoyment etc. Tread carefully though, particularly if work are paying for the property.

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AnotherJoe

I suggest you have a word with your colleague. Perhaps they thought they had come to an arrangement with you for a house share and now they are finding that actually there is another person there half the week, which they didn't sign up for. It's hard to imagine any other scenario in which you were rumbled in ten days,

You must have been aware this was the situation when you were arranging this, did you let your colleague know ahead of time or did you bf just turn up on day two?

Your colleague is also (presumably) paying half for the flat but now have extra useage of heating lighting etc not to mention their space being taken up.

So, whilst many here are telling you the estate agent is at fault, I think you are and have been quite selfish. Unless things are very different from what you have implied, and your colleague knew from before you even looked at renting together that you would, have your bf there half the time (which by the way is the case, you say 2-3 but then it's 4 sometimes, so let's face it, it's half the week at least.

I suggest they are too timid to confront you, and went via the estate agency, but if I'd signed up for a house share with one person I wouldn't like it if more more than half the week, there was a third person especially one that made you feel like a gooseberry and they were looking for a painless way out.

Well_excuse_me.

agrinnall wrote: »

I can't see any reason why a neighbour would care what was going on in another property, so I'm wondering if the person who has told the LA about your partner staying is your flatmate, and they've done that because they don't want your partner to stay so often but are uncomfortable tackling you directly about it.

One of my kids is in a shared house, they definitely dont like it when the other half has their partner staying over, so I reckon you are right.

Oh-no_3

Seems reasonable, if my other half had their partner over I wouldn't like it either :eek:

chunter481

Hi all.
I have been living with my housemate for about 9 months in our previous house and it hasn't been raised an issue before. We came to live together as we found we were both teaching at the same school and got on well, it has nothing to do with our employer.
I have broached the subject with her and she tells me she has no problem whatsoever with my partner coming over. She is also concerned as to who might have reported this so soon.
After contacting Shelter Scotland, they have told me the estate agents have no right to restrict how often I have guests, unless it is in the lease agreement, which it is not.

westernpromise

Does the house come with wifi? AIUI, it is quite common where this is provided in an HMO for the landlord to use it to check on how many people are actually living there, by looking at the logs of who is signed in, and how often, and for how long.

That may be where the information came from. There are supposed to be two people living there but there are three different wifi users.

casper_g

westernpromise wrote: »

There are supposed to be two people living there but there are three different wifi users.

Seriously? How would that work? I have two personal laptops, a work laptop, a tablet computer and a smartphone. How many people live in my house?

rtho782

westernpromise wrote: »

Does the house come with wifi? AIUI, it is quite common where this is provided in an HMO for the landlord to use it to check on how many people are actually living there, by looking at the logs of who is signed in, and how often, and for how long.

That may be where the information came from. There are supposed to be two people living there but there are three different wifi users.

This is unlikely, as someone else has said, people have more than one device each.

Sounds more like something that has been said to you by a LL to cover up the fact that another resident complained.

DRP

casper_g wrote: »

Seriously? How would that work? I have two personal laptops, a work laptop, a tablet computer and a smartphone. How many people live in my house?

I must have about 20 people in my house that I didn't know lived there!