To avoid misunderstandings, we suggest you write up a licence beforehand that you both agree on and sign. If you wish your lodger to leave, ask them to move out and agree a reasonable amount of time for them to find somewhere to go to.
When your lodger moves out, they are entitled to take all their possessions with them, settle any outstanding monies between you, and return any items to you such as keys.
You must notify all the relevant agencies immediately of the changes, this includes Magna. If you take in a lodger you will need to inform your local council immediately. Taking in a lodger is likely to affect the amount of housing and council tax benefits you are entitled to. Your local council can advise you on the effects additional income would make to you before you go ahead with taking a lodger.
You must decide how much you will be charging before you contact them. You will also need to declare the income from a lodger to the Job Centre or DWP if you are claiming benefits. An extra person in the household is likely to increase the amount you spend on bills like gas, electricity, water, telephone, broadband and council tax. Agree with your lodger before they move in if the amount they pay you includes these bills or if they will be expected to contribute more.
You should agree if they are buying their own food, if they can help themselves to whatever you have in the house or if you are providing meals ie for a boarder. You must tell your contents insurance provider to make certain your policy is still valid. Ask your lodger to purchase their own contents insurance if they are not covered under your policy.
It is a good idea to do checks on your lodger for your own safety and security. The extent of the checks you carry out may differ from one person to the next, and it is for you to decide what is appropriate. It's best if you and your lodger sign an agreement, so that the rights and responsibilities for each of you are clearly set out. You may be able to get a licence agreement from a legal stationer by post or online. These generally contain standard clauses which can be adapted to suit your needs.
It's also a good idea to draw up an inventory of the furniture and fittings provided in the lodger's room. An inventory can help prevent disputes about any deposit paid when the lodger moves out.
It can be useful to take photographs to accompany the inventory to show the condition of the items. Rights of tenants to take in a lodger. What rights do lodgers have? Letting rooms in your home - a guide for resident landlords on GOV. Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer.
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This page looks at what you need to think about before becoming a resident landlord. Tips on finding a lodger You might be able to find a lodger by: checking online or newspaper adverts from people who are looking for accommodation, or your could also place an advert yourself asking your friends or neighbours if they know someone who might be interested asking your landlord if they have a scheme that can help you find a lodger, if you are a social housing tenant Be aware of your safety when meeting potential lodgers.
Did this advice help? Yes No. She says there have been downsides. One man from South Africa, who obviously wasn't happy, left very suddenly after just a few weeks and very strangely took all the lightbulbs with him. Another, also from the same country — I don't know if there's something about South African men! I had one girl whose boyfriend moved in, and, after a while, I started to feel like the tenant.
I've never had anything stolen — apart from the lightbulbs. To make it work, she says, you have to take a "laid-back" approach. With my current renter we do our own thing with food, although sometimes I'll cook and ask her to join me. When we bought our first flat we were delighted we were able to afford a place with a second bedroom, writes Hilary Osborne.
We figured that if times were hard we would be able to subsidise our pay by renting out our spare room.
But after a couple of spells as landlords I can safely say that I never want to do it again. And my lodgers were some of my closest friends. There were lots of good things about having people share our flat — the monthly rent certainly helped, particularly when we were first furnishing the place, we had someone to feed the cat while we were away, and Saturday nights in managed to feel like socialising still. But there were downsides I hadn't considered. I'd realised there would be one more person in the queue for the bathroom, but not that I'd feel so irked about how long they spent in the shower when I was paying the bills.
Or about the fact that at one point there were seven bottles of shower gel balanced round the sides of the bath which I had to move before I could clean. I'd had housemates before, but I hadn't realised how different it would feel when one person owned the place. At times I felt like a parent, tidying up the kitchen or bathroom after a teenager, or seething about how much electricity they were using when they put the oven on to warm a single bread roll, or their limited grasp of what could and couldn't be recycled.
At other times I felt guilty — they didn't seem to feel they could invite people for dinner except when we were away or that they could choose what we watched on TV although one managed to record When Jordan Met Peter over a video I was planning to watch.
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