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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 a few years ago the Doctor became a lodger for a few days. 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 […]
We want an injunction, please! Many years ago when I was a trainee solicitor, 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, […]
PAT stands for Portable Appliance Testing. A portable appliance is basically any appliance with a plug attached to it. For example personal computers, and their equipment (monitor, speakers etc), kettles, irons, leads, cables, toasters, printers, etc There is a very good and informative web-site here from which you can see that PAT testing is mainly […]
Your lodger has gone – she cleared out her room, signed the visitors book and drove off. But you keep getting mail for her. What should you do about it? Ideally you should speak to your lodger about this before you leave. For example If they get a lot of mail, tell them that you […]
One of the commentators to Day 1 of my 21 days of tips for Lodger Landlords asked what was wrong in allowing your lodger to have a tenancy, bearing in mind that you would be able to evict without getting a court order if you shared living accommodation. These matters deserve to be set out […]
You have decided that you are absolutely fed up with your lodger and you are going to serve a notice to quit on them (as discussed in day 19 of our 21 days of tips). You have written it all out. How do you go about serving it? As you share a house with the […]
In my 21 days of tips, I discussed whether taking in lodgers could create an HMO on day 7. However, since then the planning law has changed. If you take in more than two lodgers your property may need planning permission. The background to this change in the law, is the numerous complaints to MPs […]
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