Lodger may want to work from home

CKhalvashi

Ultimately this will come down to what you agree with him.

£6 a week (which until recently was the HMRC approved allowance in most cases, now it's only some) sounds fair to me as a decent guide as long as the L is largely frugal. I've advised on a case on this forum recently where this was specifically written into the contract.

Ath_Wat

CKhalvashi said:

Ultimately this will come down to what you agree with him.

£6 a week (which until recently was the HMRC approved allowance in most cases, now it's only some) sounds fair to me as a decent guide as long as the L is largely frugal. I've advised on a case on this forum recently where this was specifically written into the contract.

You are thinking of only electricity costs.

The extra amount for the inconvenience is a subjective matter for the landlord.

FreeBear

Jenniefour said: I prefer a quiet environment and privacy when I'm working and I also enjoy having the house to myself on weekday daytimes when I'm home anyway.

My last lodger was (and still is) on long term sickness benefits and hardly ever went out. I'm also in the house much of the day, but we managed to maintain a high degree of privacy. But then I do have a fair sized house, so have the space to separate home & work. It was also handy having an extra pair of hands on call when I needed help with something.

lookstraightahead

Did you take a lodger on just for outside working hours? 

It is up to you but lots of lodgers stay home in the day for all sorts of reasons.

edit just seen your post about not wanting anyone who works from home.

Sandtree

FreeBear said:

Sandtree said: Realistically how much are the extra costs?

The average laptop requires 0.05kW/h so on an 8 hour day 0.4kW/h and with say a pricey 20p kW/h tariff it'd be a massive 8p per day extra cost.

If you are on a capped tariff, electricity is ~28p per KWh, and will go up again in October - Some pundits are predicting a 30% increase, others are saying even more.

Throw in a decent desktop computer, and you could be looking at 4KWh usage per day, plus heating, plus coffee. Heating is going to be the biggest contributor during the winter months and I'd certainly be asking for a bit more money to cover the extra cost. How much would depend very much on what we all end up paying for gas & electricity come October.

How many people working from home are being given a 4kwh computer? I know in my line of business everyone was given laptops as not everyone has room at home to have a desktop setup. If its their own computer then they may be leaving it on 24/7 anyway without the OP's knowing anyway.

The OP says they themselves also work from home and so presumably the heating is already on for them... if having another person in the unit at the time will make any difference will depend on the heating type, where people do the work etc. Our last rental was storage heaters so they'd have been on over night and discharging through the day if the room is occupied or not.