Dealing with lodgers possessions that they leave behind
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. […]
Remembering your lodgers with a guest book
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, […]
Portable Appliance Testing : PAT for short
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 […]
Day 17 – How much paperwork and record keeping is involved?
Documents and record keeping Although not yet as bad as tenancies, there can still be quite a lot of paperwork involved in renting out a room. It is possible to do things just on a handshake, but this is not really recommended. This is probably a good place to list all the paperwork which could […]
