Five tips on how to avoid creating a tenancy when renting a granny annex

A granny annex

Avoiding a tenancy in a self contained letting I did an advice recently for a client who wanted to let out some self contained accommodation in his house (effectively a ‘granny annex’) but was anxious to avoid creating a tenancy. Although this is covered in part here,  I thought that it might be worth repeating […]

Day 15 – Should you use a lodger agreement?

Day 15 - It is probably best to have a formal lodger agreement signed

Taking in a lodger is not the same as taking in a tenant, and a formal lodger agreement is less essential. Many lodger landlords never use a formal written agreement, and operate on a handshake and mutual trust. However although this is fine when things are going well, if there are any problems, it is […]