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Can we do a criminal check on a new lodger?

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  • hazyjo
    hazyjo Posts: 15,475 Forumite
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    I won something similar to this once. Not sure if it's only useable if you're in the room. Suspect that's the case which is better than nowt.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/Unbreakable-door-lock-claims-to-guarantee-hotel-room-security/
    2024 wins: *must start comping again!*
  • Margot123
    Margot123 Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    economic wrote: »
    Find out what job the new lodger is in. If it is a professional job working for a reputable company then very unlikely to have any convictions such as theft or robbery

    One of my tenants had his own business earning a lot of money and he still helped himself to the lead on my gable end (proven by Smartwater, before you ask).

    So, someone having a decent job says absolutely diddly squat. You are simply stereotyping.
  • kobracai
    kobracai Posts: 258 Forumite
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    thanks everyone, yeah I thought this would have been the answer
    Put a lock on the door or buy a cupboard with a lock. I would suggest the new lodger does the same.

    you mean a portable safe? he can still nick it, run with it and break it against a rock
  • kobracai
    kobracai Posts: 258 Forumite
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    JuzaMum wrote: »
    I had lodgers (foreign students) for ten years in my home. No locks on any doors and no thefts. The lodgers all had keys to the house. Most people don't **** on their own doorstep.

    well, foreign students probably came through an agency or a school who definitely vetted for them, so chances of them being criminals was zero. Instead, New lodger will be someone off Spareroom o Gumtree most likely

    also this landlady didn't ask me for deposit, so there's no loss from someone just doing a runner
  • Pixie5740
    Pixie5740 Posts: 14,515 Forumite
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    Are you worried that the new lodger will take your tinfoil hat without asking?
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