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Away from home reduced rent

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SORN
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I will be abroad for a few months for work and my landloard reduced my rent from £490/month to £450/month and i did allow him to have a friend sleeping in my room

Is this a fair deal?

any suggestion will be very appreciative

Thank you very much in advance for your support
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  • HampshireH
    HampshireH Posts: 4,480 Forumite
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    Eh?
    Are you a lodger or a tenant?

    You have agreed for someone to stay in your room yet continue to pay for that room.

    Doesn't work for me...

    If I was still paying I would expect it to stay empty and all my stuff safe and secure
  • ReadingTim
    ReadingTim Posts: 3,970 Forumite
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    The only fair deal is whatever you and your landlord can mutually agree is fair.

    What anyone else thinks of a private arrangement between you and your landlord is frankly irrelevant.
  • El_Torro
    El_Torro Posts: 1,463 Forumite
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    How much rent is this "friend" going to pay? Probably a lot more than £40 a month.


    Sounds like a pretty sweet deal for your landlord, not so good for you. If it were me in that situation I'd be looking to pay 50% or less. Basically you're just paying him to store your stuff while you're away.
  • LilElvis
    LilElvis Posts: 5,835 Forumite
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    Who will be paying the household bills in your absence - you, the landlord or his friend?
  • csgohan4
    csgohan4 Posts: 10,587 Forumite
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    now that you told him, whether you allow or not, he might try it on as your away
    "It is prudent when shopping for something important, not to limit yourself to Pound land/Estate Agents"

    G_M/ Bowlhead99 RIP
  • SORN
    SORN Posts: 138 Forumite
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    Lodger with a live in Landlord
  • Pixie5740
    Pixie5740 Posts: 14,515 Forumite
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    I think that as a deal it sucks....for you that is.
  • SORN
    SORN Posts: 138 Forumite
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    his friend will not pay nothing of course
  • SORN
    SORN Posts: 138 Forumite
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    I don't think he is going to charge his friend
  • need_an_answer
    need_an_answer Posts: 2,812 Forumite
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    SORN wrote: »
    I don't think he is going to charge his friend

    so my guess is that you have now answered your own original question over whether it was a fair deal.

    Why charge his friend when the bulk of the rent is being paid by you.
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