Additional gentleman friend?

Additional gentleman friend?

16:16 PM, 4th January 2016, About 8 years ago 17

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I have a tenant who is a single lady on a fixed 12 month agreement who has lived in the property for 2 years. My husband called at the property early this morning to look at her shower and she told him she was happy for him to let himself in as she would be at work.gentleman

When he arrived she had left for work but her “gentleman friend” was there and it was obvious that he had been staying there. My husband asked him politely if he was now living there and he replied that he was staying three or four nights a week.

My question then is, do I need to delve further with my tenant to find out if he is living there so I can adjust the tenancy agreement or do I say nothing. What are the implications of somebody else living in the house for half the week? Any advice would be gratefully received.

Many thanks and happy new year to you all!

Ashleigh landlord


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Mandy Thomson

15:00 PM, 5th January 2016, About 8 years ago

Reply to the comment left by "Chris Byways" at "05/01/2016 - 14:53":

Existing tenancies and licences are not subject to right to rent, neither are situations where the property is not the tenant's/licensee's main home (e.g. a midweek lodger). Children are also exempt, it only applies to permanent occupants over the age of 18.

Puzzler

11:25 AM, 9th January 2016, About 8 years ago

and Poland is in the EU so no immigration right of residence issues

Chris Byways

11:35 AM, 9th January 2016, About 8 years ago

Reply to the comment left by "Puzzler " at "09/01/2016 - 11:25":

It was fairly clear it was only to be for new Tenancies after 1/2/16 BUT the title of the first guidance was totally misleading (to me) as it stated to be for tenancies commencing BEFORE 1/2/16. But thanks for the reassurance.

ie https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-rent-landlords-code-of-practice/code-of-practice-on-illegal-immigrants-and-private-rented-accommodation

"Code of practice on illegal immigrants and private rented accommodation for tenancies which started before 1 February 2016"

That Poland is inside EU, makes no difference regarding the checks, we must still see the document originals and MUST keep a copy. It just makes it easier on the documents required.

The problem of how you get copies still remains, we can ask tenant to provide originals AND a photocopy, or use a camera/phone (?) to take a photo and then print, IF we do not have an agent/office in which to copy the documents?

Mandy Thomson

12:07 PM, 9th January 2016, About 8 years ago

Reply to the comment left by "Chris Byways" at "09/01/2016 - 11:35":

Hi Chris

If you have an iPhone or iPad, I recommend http://www.finescanner.com/. The quality of the scan is pretty good - I've used for it several times for legal documents, including my passport.

I am sure there will be similar apps for other devices.

This means you can quickly and easily make a copy in front of the tenant and email it to yourself.

Steve Hards

12:45 PM, 9th January 2016, About 8 years ago

Coming back to the original topic... many tenants do not understand the implications of tenancy agreements even if they read them and understand the words. So, for our shared houses (which are licensed HMOs), for the past four years we have provided prospective tenants with some notes spelling out some of the more important implications of the agreement. It begins:

Here are some information notes which we hope will help you understand what you are committing to when you sign the tenancy agreement.

1. The number of people living in the house is limited by Southwark Council to 5 people. Of course you can have guests to stay but it means that your girlfriend or boyfriend cannot make it their home unless they are renting one of the other rooms.

We think that has been helpful as we have not had any issues with 'permanent guests' so far.

Chris Byways

12:50 PM, 9th January 2016, About 8 years ago

Reply to the comment left by "Mandy Thomson" at "09/01/2016 - 12:07":

Many thanks for that. Good to talk and share good practice. Just scanned the NLA TA. I didn't get the OCR version, I'll see how the basic version works first.

Soooo from 1/2/16 an Ipad will be tax deductible as an office expense then......

John walker

11:43 AM, 10th January 2016, About 8 years ago

I often find that no sooner has a single tenant moved into one of my flats, that a boyfriend/girlfriend/partner moves in without my being advised. To date I have done nothing about the situation; should I do so in future, and if so, what exactly?

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