Renting A Double Room With Shared Facilities In Scotland.

Al_Ross

Sorry, RAS, I had forgotten Scotland had its own rules and regulations.

I now have someone who previously viewed wants to move in next weekend.

My worry is she now obstructs this from happening. Can she refuse entry to a new tenant because she's not going to be in?

itsthelittlethings

Why don’t you just message her and let her know someone is moving in next weekend? You will be giving her more than 24h notice.

theartfullodger

They have PRTs.  Are you a registered landlord?  (If not fine up to £50k) As you don't live there you know the consequences - nasty.

S21 irrelevant as it's Scotland.

Declaring all rent to HMRC?

Member of SAL?  Done any training in being a landlord.  If not please do.

(When I started 2000 with almost no knowledge made many daft stupid expensive painful long-drawn-out mistakes, Scotland.  Oh the hubris!  Oh the example of how to get it wrong.

Al_Ross

I am registered Landlord, all declared and paying tax on profit. Been letting out as rooms with shared facilities now for 10 years, various tenants have come and gone no issuies whatsoever until this Woman. I will tell her I have a new tenant moving in, but my worry is either she refuses them entry or makes living unbearable for them once they have moved in.

elsien

Al_Ross said:

I am registered Landlord, all declared and paying tax on profit. Being letting out as rooms with shared facilities now for 10 years, various tenants have come and gone no issuies whatsoever until this Polish Woman. I will tell her I have a new tenant moving in, but my worry is either she refuses them entry or makes living unbearable for them once they have moved in.

If she hasn’t caused a problem with previous people that she shared with, why would she suddenly start doing so now? 

Al_Ross

Sorry you have not read or fully understood this post.I have now already agreed to move in  a new tenant without meeting her. Her latest text to me sounded like she is refusing entry to me or anyone else if she is not there.  

I have decided that if she does cause a problem or she upsets the new tenant , that I am going to sell the property and give her 84 days notice to leave.

Al_Ross

Urizel- this is no sick thread, the tenants have always been young women sharing with other young women, no men get to even view, the property, It's not that uncommon in Scotland. I as a landlord have always found they keep the place clean and always pay the rent on time.

Tabieth

Al_Ross said:

I am registered Landlord, all declared and paying tax on profit. Being letting out as rooms with shared facilities now for 10 years, various tenants have come and gone no issuies whatsoever until this Polish Woman. I will tell her I have a new tenant moving in, but my worry is either she refuses them entry or makes living unbearable for them once they have moved in.

Please don’t refer to her as “this Polish Woman”. “This tenant” is more than adequate and doesn’t have the connotations that your phrasing does. 

What’s your relationship with the current tenant like? It sounds like there were no issues until now. Have you asked her if she has any concerns? Anyway, I think 24 notice is not unreasonable so just give her notice of the viewings and that’s that. 

Al_Ross

My relationship was I thought great, until very recently although when my wife met her once she said she expected she could cause bother.             

       Recently while round doing a couple of jobs to get the empty room ready for re-letting she asked me to have a look at her wardrobe doors, which she had pulled off the runners, which I fixed. Then she mentioned the washer/dryer, the clothes were sometimes coming out wet I told her I would arrange a new one.                      It arrived 3 days later. I fitted it up and she was really pleased with that.              

  A couple of days later she did one viewing with me, met the young woman and said she would be more than happy to share with her. Unfortunately, this woman didn't take it.                                                           

    Then things seemed to change, she kept saying she would not be available for other viewings but for me to go ahead and do them myself. Then she seemed to become unhappy regarding there being viewings.

 

   I have no problems with giving 24hr access, but would have if after given it she then decides she can't be there so it can't go ahead. That would be messing everyone about.

 

   I will wait and see what response comes when I tell her someone is moving in next weekend. I expect she is going to play awkward.

 

  I will keep you updated.

 

_Penny_Dreadful

For a PRT you’re required to give the tenant at least 48 hours written notice before entering the property. The Upper Tribunal clarified (Ostendorf v. Rollo Solicitors & Estate Agents) that, unless it’s an emergency, landlords must give all tenants notice before accessing the property, even if the purpose of the visit is only to inspect communal areas.

Renting out the rooms individually in a 2-bedroom flat seems like an unnecessary headache to me when there are plenty of tenants out there looking to rent a whole 2-bedroom flat either by themselves or jointly with other people. The chances of you ever being able to change that since the introduction of PRT seems slim to none though.