Lodgers don’t aways stay all week. Some lodger like to go back home at the weekends. This is good for them, as they pay a bit less, and good for the landlord, who gets the use of the room back at the weekends. Sometimes for their guests, sometimes to use for things like drying clothes,…
Here is a message from Emily Rogers, who is a journalist: Are you a lodger landlord who accommodates lodgers on housing benefit? Would you be prepared to share your experiences with me? (anonymously, if that’s more comfortable) I’m a journalist who’s written a piece about the impact of one of the Government’s housing benefit cuts…
Are you about to look for a new lodger? If so, you may be interested in our New Lodger pack. The forms pack includes : a telephone enquiry form a lodger information / application form a set of letters you can use when requesting references (including employer, bank etc) our housing benefit letter of authority…
Your Law Store If you click the shop link in the navigation bar below you will find a difference. It will take you to a completely new site! This is the new Your Law Store ecommerce site I have set up with my long term web designer Gill Bishop. This is an exciting new venture….
After your lodger has gone Your lodger has left, but she seems to have left half of her belongings behind. Or you may have evicted your lodger and be wondering what to do with all their things. The first thing to remember is that they do not belong to you. They belong to the lodger. …
The Doctor is a lodger It will not have escaped the Whovians among you that the Doctor recently served a spell as a lodger. But could your lodger be the timelord? Consider the following: Did he turn up out of the blue, before your card had gone into the Post Office window? Did he appear…
We want an injunction please! Many years ago when I was a trainee, my principal and I saw some new clients, a middle aged man and his wife. His new wife as it turned out. “We want to get an injunction against my daughter” he began, his wife nodding in the background, all blonde curls…
Lodgers meals – my experience When I started taking in lodgers, they were mostly foreign students on short English courses at my local university. Part of the deal was that I would provide them with meals and talk to them over dinner. Talking in English with a ‘family’ was an important part of their experience….
Lodgers are generally nice .. I have written quite a bit here about problem lodgers, eviction and the like, as these are things which worry people, and which have therefore been popular topics on the blog. However it is important to remember that most lodgers are lovely. I had six years of taking in lodgers,…
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Planning a problem lodger pack
Most of the questions from readers on this blog seem to be regarding problem lodgers and how to get rid of them. I am therefore planning to do a problem lodger kit, to give people detailed guidance and sample letters and forms. If this would be of interest to you, can you please sign up…
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