Parents House - Moving in Rules

zmblake

Thank you for all your comments, really do appreciate them. We do have PoA for both my parents, luckily we sorted that a while ago and just had to implement it.

molerat

FlorayG said:

lr1277 said:

Does the OP become a de facto tenant? In which case the parents need to take on all the responsibilities of a landlord?

My exact thought. OP you will be a tenant and even though you pay nothing your parents will have all the responsibilities of a landlord - however, there's nothing to prevent YOU arranging and paying for gas and electric safety checks and anything else required ( later this year landlords will need to register with a government scheme) also, as it's very unlikely you will have a 'tenant dispute' with your landlords it's less to worry about. When the house is to be sold, YOU give THEM notice to quit so that any potential buyer knows you are actually going to leave as if a landlord gives notice to quit a tenant can refuse to go
So I don't think it will cause any problems as no money is changing hands
Also, there is no gift involved as they are not giving you the property, just 'renting' it to you

If anything like the Scottish scheme then a family tenancy like this does not need landlord registration but all the safety checks still need doing.