Renting house but not the garage

Ditzy_Mitzy

theartfullodger said:

Ditzy_Mitzy said:

Council tax is, I imagine, neither here nor there.  Houses are placed in bands, in the main, rather than being individually assessed and the bands are derived from estimations of value.  A garage is a nice thing to have, but I doubt that an otherwise identical house without a garage in the same road - because that is effectively on offer - will come up a band lower than the house as it exists with the garage.

You need to find out what the landlord intends to do with the garage and, if it was me, I wouldn't enter into such an agreement without being given a key and agreement that the tenant can enter the garage at any time, without restriction.  An integral garage is part of the building, so the tenant ought to have the right to check the thing over now and again for safety reasons.  It will also be necessary to find out if there are any restrictions in relation to parking in front of the garage.  

Think if tenancy is not for whole of property then council tax is landlord's responsibility.  (I'm a landlord btw).

I'd certainly want access to all meters and water stop !!!!!!.  

Yes, think you're right about the council tax.  The property would have to be officially split otherwise, presumably.  

theartfullodger

Relevant legislation on Council tax if not renting whole property...
https://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2014/06/19/hmo-legal-basics-what-is-an-hmo-3/

DullGreyGuy

theartfullodger said:

Relevant legislation on Council tax if not renting whole property...
https://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2014/06/19/hmo-legal-basics-what-is-an-hmo-3/

Thats a blog not legislation but it links to https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/551/regulation/2/

This defines:

Houses in multiple occupation, etc

ClassC	a dwelling inhabited by persons who do not constitute a single household, each of whom either–
	(a)is a tenant of, or has a licence to occupy, part only of the dwelling; or
	(b)has a licence to occupy but is not liable (whether alone or jointly with other persons) to pay rent or a licence fee in respect of the dwelling as a whole.

Does a landlord having stuff in a garage count as them inhabiting the dwelling? As far as I was inhabiting required sleeping in the property

jrawle

As far as I am aware, if you rent a separate garage, it is not liable for council tax or business rates unless you run a business from it. There is therefore no reason to expect the landlord to pay all or some of the council tax, nor a rent discount. The rent is presumably set taking into account the fact that the garage isn't included.

As others have noted, I would be more concerned about how the landlord intends to use the garage: access, what will be stored there. Although having said that, in terms of storing dangerous items, it's no worse than living in an attached property (probably better, as people living next door might leave the gas on, use dangerous appliances, smoke, etc.) If there is a door into the property from the garage, it will be a fire door.

lookstraightahead

How does it affect house insurance ? Just a thought 

NameUnavailable

Probably not an issue at all, the Landlord might just happen to be in a heavy metal band and they use the garage for band practice several nights a week......

YoungBlueEyes

Body dump... body farm... grow farm... puppy farm... a bunch of illegal immigrants in bunk beds... car/bike repair workshop... local gospel choir meeting room... 

A load of boxed carp that he should prolly have binned long ago but never gets round to.

user1977

lookstraightahead said:

How does it affect house insurance ? Just a thought 

Doubt it's relevant. Buildings insurance is the landlords' problem anyway, and as for contents insurance, I doubt there's a relevant question on the proposal form. I presume that even if there is a connecting door directly through to the house, the tenants can lock it (albeit the landlord probably has keys for all the doors anyway).

newsgroupmonkey_

lookstraightahead said:

How does it affect house insurance ? Just a thought 

I think this is really relevant actually.

If, as happened to a friend of mine, a classic car suddenly caught fire, would the tenants possessions be covered?

I'd be surprised if they were.

user1977

newsgroupmonkey_ said:

lookstraightahead said:

How does it affect house insurance ? Just a thought 

I think this is really relevant actually.

If, as happened to a friend of mine, a classic car suddenly caught fire, would the tenants possessions be covered?

I'd be surprised if they were.

Why would they not be covered? Because it's a car which caught fire? Because the car doesn't belong to the tenant?