positives of having a lodger?????

Benefits_Blagger

maninthestreet wrote: »

Does DH secretly fancy her? How good looking is she?

if she looks that heather creature off eastenders she shouldn't have anything to worry about unless thats her hubby's sort of thing.

Snooze

maninthestreet wrote: »

Does DH secretly fancy her? How good looking is she?

Haha! Yes - I was thinking the same! Why is your other half so keen on the idea??!! There's more to this than meets the eye, I can sense it from here!

Fishy..

Rob

cobbingstones

Stop it!!!!!!!

He's all mine ;-)


MM

Ice_Queen_112

I have both a long term lodger who is with me Mon to Fri (She works in London but lives elsewhere in the country) and I have homestay students from a couple of local language schools for maybe 5/6 months of the year. No lodger at weekend and during the week the students are usually at college in the day and out partying/sightseeing or studying at night. I've always found it really important to have a written set of "house rules" for both types of lodger, so that everyone understands what is and isn't ok. I'm lucky in so far I work with language schools in central London and am close to the City & Canary Wharf for MOn-Fri lodgers. However, lots of large towns will have language schools. Don't forget your IR rent a room allowance as well - under this and no need to declare to IR.

HellieCopter

If you've got the space, I think it could be a good move for you.

If you give her a pretty decent sized bedroom and a telly (and whatnot, depending if she wants a furnished room or not) the chances are you won't see her that much. It will take some getting used to - having someone else in your kitchen,lounge and bathroom, finding little things moved around, that kind of thing. But once you get used to her patterns (when she comes in from work, what time she usually cooks and eats dinner etc.) then you might find it works really well for you.

Depends on personalities too of course. 3 month trial sounds ideal and make it clear to her that this is new to you so you're going to need that trial to see if you can adjust to it okay. And her...she's going to need to work out if she can live in a house with children and associated noises! I wouldn't worry about you changing your routine too much. If she knows your home situation when she accepts, then she accepts what comes with the deal IYSWIM!

And that 3 months will give you £900ish!

Good luck, let us know how you get on.

snails's_pace

positives of having a lodger- blame them for the mess

maryjane01

One good thing about having a lodger is I find it puts a quick end to really silly arguments you can have that have no real point. The kind of arguments you might just have because you are tired. It is a little more embarrasing to fly off the handle for no reason when somebody you are not related to is in the house

PasturesNew

I tried it once, briefly, didn't get on with it.
I found I used to dread approaching my own home because it seemed every time I walked in the door the lodger was there and usually with a question.

I think I finally went over the top when I got in and she was frantic. She immediately asked me in an accusing tone where MY wine bottle opener was. And proceeded to tell me in a peed off voice how she'd had to go along the road knocking on neighbours' doors to borrow one!!

I don't have a wine bottle opener! I saw my role as somebody who was providing a room to rent, not as somebody to provide her with everything she needed to suit her lifestyle of wine drinking.

Anyway, luckily work c0cked up her pay and her manager needed a lodger so he offered her his spare room and I was glad to get my house back!

She also had a mobile phone which was constantly going off and receiving texts with a very very annoying and LOUD ring tone. You couldn't watch TV for the darned thing going off all the time. I ended up buying a 2nd TV and hiding in my room.

While she was there she asked if I could make room for another lodger. He said he had 2 jobs, he moved in but never bothered starting either of them and would sit round the house all day watching cr4p TV. But I was working from home at the time and I wanted lodgers that had jobs so I could easily have designers over to discuss projects. Couldn't do that any more with him there. And he had one hour showers... not washing himself, the git was washing his wetsuit. All on a South West Water water meter (most expensive water company in the UK). He'd also leave every light on in all rooms he'd gone into (even during the day) then leave them all on if he did go out.

He'd also never do washing up, but leave the sink full of it while he sat on his bum watching more daytime TV. I was working 16 hour days from home and relied on people clearing up behind themselves so it was clear for the next person - and I'd go to grab half an hour to cook a meal and find I had no clean saucepans etc as he'd used them all... and had gone out.

Maybe it was an age thing as they were aged 20-22 and probably never ran their own house before.

I think the important thing is to pick lodgers whose lives mirror your exactly. So you have the same cultural understandings about what's acceptable or not etc. e.g. you say you can't walk round semi-naked any more if you have a lodger ... but what if she's not bothered by that at all and does it often?

So if your lodger doesn't fit your lifestyle it can be annoying.

Andy_Hamilton

Mine is cleaner than me, and I get no hassle but at weekends they leave.

If your's likes going out at weekends and coming home peed it will annoy you instantly.
Because they are a "guest" in your home you can give them as little notice as you see reasonable (2 days).
Your not tied into longer unless you want guarenteed monthly income.

unknown_member

This may of be resolved or at least planned further, although if you choose someone you know and get along there shouldn't be an issue.

My wife and I rented a room with my parents before my son was born, we mainly went out and if you find someone young who works they might not be in as much as you'd think. Problems come into play in regards to strangers, would they play loud music? or make other types of noises and possible steal from you.

I'm sure if you extreamly careful you won't find issues, I'd consider renting myself if I had a place of my own. (Soon, extreamly soon) =D
~Unknown