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  • Locornwall
    Locornwall Posts: 356 Forumite
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    How is it then I keep seeing on Airbnb people with self contained outbuildings at the bottom of their garden?
  • Slithery
    Slithery Posts: 6,046 Forumite
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    edited 18 July 2019 at 4:45PM
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    2 reasons...

    Either the buildings are proper conversions done to the relevant standards for a habitable property, the owner doesn't have a mortgage, and council tax is being paid.

    Or they shouldn't be doing it in the first place and are blagging it until they get caught out - AirBnB make no checks of their own to vet the legal situation surrounding the property.
  • Locornwall
    Locornwall Posts: 356 Forumite
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    Mostly the second in my opinion.
  • ACG
    ACG Posts: 23,751 Forumite
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    A lodger is someone who lives in your home with you.

    Converting a garage to air bnb is not a lodger.
    I am a Mortgage Adviser
    You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.
  • 00ec25
    00ec25 Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    you intend from the outset to commit tax fraud if you claim they are a lodger and you claim the rent a room allowance
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