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Telephone Advice
Read First
Introduction
What is a lodger?
Do you live in Wales?
Have you got permission to take in a lodger?
Will taking in a lodger turn your property into an HMO?
Monday to Friday lodger agreements
Condition
Is your property in a proper condition?
Have your gas appliances been tested for safety?
Do you have the right furniture and furnishings?
Portable Appliance Testing : PAT for short
Finding
How do you find lodgers?
How do you draft adverts and deal with enquiries?
How do you interview new lodgers?
What are ‘Right to Rent’ checks?
Making a decision
Financials
What about rent and benefit?
What about Tax and Council tax?
Have you got proper insurance?
Should you take a deposit?
What fees can you charge your lodger?
Putting up the rent
Paperwork
Should you have house rules?
Should you use a lodger agreement?
Should you have an inventory?
What obligations do you have under Data Protection rules?
How much paperwork and record keeping is involved?
Life with a lodger
How should you behave towards your lodger?
Should you provide meals for your lodgers?
How should you deal with problem lodgers?
Ending
Giving your lodger formal notice to leave
How do you serve notice on your lodger?
How do you evict a lodger who won’t go?
What should you do when your lodger leaves?
How do you deal with a disappearing lodger?
How do you deal with lodgers possessions that they leave behind?
Dealing with post after your lodger has left
Read First
Introduction
What is a lodger?
Do you live in Wales?
Have you got permission to take in a lodger?
Will taking in a lodger turn your property into an HMO?
Monday to Friday lodger agreements
Condition
Is your property in a proper condition?
Have your gas appliances been tested for safety?
Do you have the right furniture and furnishings?
Portable Appliance Testing : PAT for short
Finding
How do you find lodgers?
How do you draft adverts and deal with enquiries?
How do you interview new lodgers?
What are ‘Right to Rent’ checks?
Making a decision
Financials
What about rent and benefit?
What about Tax and Council tax?
Have you got proper insurance?
Should you take a deposit?
What fees can you charge your lodger?
Putting up the rent
Paperwork
Should you have house rules?
Should you use a lodger agreement?
Should you have an inventory?
What obligations do you have under Data Protection rules?
How much paperwork and record keeping is involved?
Life with a lodger
How should you behave towards your lodger?
Should you provide meals for your lodgers?
How should you deal with problem lodgers?
Ending
Giving your lodger formal notice to leave
How do you serve notice on your lodger?
How do you evict a lodger who won’t go?
What should you do when your lodger leaves?
How do you deal with a disappearing lodger?
How do you deal with lodgers possessions that they leave behind?
Dealing with post after your lodger has left
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