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Lodging/renting - deposit
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Daisies
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Hi, I'm looking either to lodge or rent a room when I move south next month and wondered whether I'll be covered by the new deposit protection scheme? I know (from the Shelter website) that lodging is a bit different to other renting and it didn't sound like there would be any sort of deposit protection scheme (all the ads I've seen want a deposit, usually at least £400). I'm presuming that renting a room is viewed like renting a house or flat and the normal protections apply?
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no and no!
Sorry as a lodger ( ie someone who lives witht their landlord)
you have much fewer rights than a tenant.
you will technically be an 'excluded occupier'
for example you would only need to be given very short notice to leave...0 -
did you read this page on Shelter....
http://england.shelter.org.uk/advice/advice-2938.cfm0 -
moneysavinmonkey wrote: »did you read this page on Shelter....
http://england.shelter.org.uk/advice/advice-2938.cfm
Thanks -yes, that's the page I've seen. But some of the ads I've seen are someone, who is already renting from a live out landlord, who is looking for a flatmate so I'm not sure who is responsible for what in that situation.0
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