Rented House advice

Jenniefour

Paul_Jones_1984 wrote: »

My colleague's brother is a police officer and his advice was not to visit the house without girlfriends agreement.

Does he know the tenancy is in your sole name and not hers?

HampshireH

I'm out too. Let us know how you get on being a landlord OR see you in 9 months time when you come asking for advice on how to evict a lodger from your illegally sublet property when you LL wants you out.:whistle:

G_M

As fo the ex gf, she's struck gold!

A nice, fully furnished house, with no rent to pay, and utilities in someone else's name, plus a sucker who'll be the fall-guy.

Ms_Chocaholic

If you can get into the house when she isn't there and change the locks then the tables will be turned, surely she must go out at some point. Are either of the children of school age?

Paul_Jones_1984

Hampshire,
I'm not supporting ex girlfriends two kids. Well I'm not giving her any money. Or do you mean by the house situation?

Just to clarify; I don't want to become my ex girlfriend's landlord. She won't give me any money. But it was suggested on here that I should become her landlord. So I was acknowledging that advice.

Paul_Jones_1984

Ms Choc.
Children are one baby and one toddler.

HampshireH

Paul_Jones_1984 wrote: »

Hampshire,
I'm not supporting ex girlfriends two kids. Well I'm not giving her any money. Or do you mean by the house situation?

Just to clarify; I don't want to become my ex girlfriend's landlord. She won't give me any money. But it was suggested on here that I should become her landlord. So I was acknowledging that advice.

You will be supporting her and her two kids to the tune of the rent and all other bills I referred to. What happens when she moves the next boyfriend in in 2 months time? You will be paying for him too.

Nobody said you "should" become a landlord. They said you could

Mojisola

Paul_Jones_1984 wrote: »

I'm not supporting ex girlfriends two kids. Well I'm not giving her any money.

Apart from paying the rent and all the utilities!

How are you going to react when she moves her next BF into your house so that there's someone to pay for food and other things?

Paul_Jones_1984

GM,

Thank you for your advice.
I'm sure I'm not the first man to have a relationship end with a girlfriend I've been living with.
Apart from refusing to leave a house, where the relationship had ended and was becoming bitter, what other choice did I have?

VintageHistorian

Another thing to point out OP - you're not going to get a good reference from your current landlord/letting agent when they find out you're letting someone who's not on the lease live in the house. You're worried about a criminal record, but you'll struggle to rent a new place if your reference consists of "sublt the house, she trashed the place, Mr Jones' deposit didn't cover all repairs and he refused to cover the extra" etc etc. Same if you refuse to pay the rent and utilities. Your name is on the contract, therefore it's your responsibility to pay everything. Not your ex, not the local council, YOU.

Stop talking to your mate with the policeman brother and go get some actual legal advice from a solicitor.