Rent A Room Agreement

johnfthetraveller

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

.... download the lodger agreement linked to on the LandlordZone site for your own safety.

There is a free Application form on LandlordZone, which is quite useful, but there is no free agreement - hence the many requests for one.

G_M

Are they that useful? As long as the rent is clearly agreed that's what matters.

Any non-payment, or other problems, and you evict. Lodgers have minimal rights/protection.

Far more important is a clear understanding of the 'house rules', so each side knows what is expected:
* cleaning
* guests policy
* shared expenses/bills
* shared access to which rooms?
* noise etc
* etc etc

I've yet to see a lodger agreement that went into that detail.

LODGERS (Licencees)
A lodger (broadly) lives in the same property with their resident landlord, and shares facilities. Unlike tenants, lodgers have few rights.

The Housing Act 1988 provides definitions of 'Resident Landlord' and 'same property'.

There is advice for landlords considering taking in lodgers here:

LodgerLandlord (General information site)

Landlordzone (General advice)

Rent a Room Scheme (Government info on tax-free income from lodgers)

holly_hobby

Viks wrote: »

just for your information you will not be taxed on this upto approx £4000 per year under the rent a room scheme.

Exact fig is £4,250 pa (split if jointly let) - anything above is taxable.

Hope this helps

Holly

katejo

holly_hobby wrote: »

Exact fig is £4,250 pa (split if jointly let) - anything above is taxable.

Hope this helps

Holly

But remember that costs of gas, electricity, council tax etc have to be included in this figure. You can't split the bills separately to avoid exceeding the £4250.

holly_hobby

Yes, £4,250 max, is the inclusive figure, including fees levied for meals and/or laundary services (even if the actual rental fee charges is less than this sum).

Hope this helps

Holly