Unwanted Lodger

MultiFuelBurner

The bets thing you can do is ignore most of the "do this, do that" advice and go straight to a solicitor explaining the situation in full and getting their opinion on how it should be handled.

This is not simple and cannot be sorted in a paragraph off strangers on this forum.

Grizebeck

MultiFuelBurner said:

The bets thing you can do is ignore most of the "do this, do that" advice and go straight to a solicitor explaining the situation in full and getting their opinion on how it should be handled.

This is not simple and cannot be sorted in a paragraph off strangers on this forum.

Hence my professional advice comment

diggingdude

blackbirdxx said:

Thanks for the prompt responses.
In answer to all the Q's....

The house is in London
Her name is on the mortgage only and they do not share a bed.
I guess he could argue he has been paying towards the mortgage all of these years as they both work and split costs. As far as I know, she pays the mortgage and he pays the food and towards the bills. He does pay, however, far less than he would if he was paying private rental.
He has never paid towards any maintenance/extensions on the house or put in any capital.

I do appreciate this isn't an easy problem to resolve but does anybody have any good ideas of how she can end this stalemate. Is a solicitor the only way?

thanks

He may not have been paying the mortgage, but if he has been paying bills for years a solicitor may well argue they were in a relationship and he has been contributing. Get legal advice its going to get messy 

sevenhills

However, if your lodger lives in your house but doesn’t share any living space with you or your family, they’re likely to have basic protection and you’ll need to get a court order to evict them. You’ll need to give them a written ‘notice to quit’, and the notice period will tend to be around 4 weeks

https://www.spareroom.co.uk/content/info-landlords/getting-your-lodger-to-leave/

Slinky

How was the council tax being split? Was it 50/50%, or was it 75/25%?

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Employ a lawyer immediately, don't make any modifications to the locks etc yet.
I was in this exact scenario several years ago and was advised to do everything by the book by my lawyer - whatever friends and aquaintancies suggest - refrain from - get legal help asap.

blackbirdxx

Slinky said:

How was the council tax being split? Was it 50/50%, or was it 75/25%?

50/50% I believe...

Me thinks visiting a solicitor is the way to go..

Many thanks!