Lodger or tenant?

Lodger or tenant?

9:41 AM, 9th August 2023, About 2 years ago 22

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Hello, my situation is a bit complex and I hope I will get some answers here.  I was leaving alone in my 4 bedroom house and took on some lodgers to live with me.

In 2020 I got a job in another country and spent time going back and forth to my house in London. I did not change my lodgers’ status but I assumed by then they were considered tenants.

Now in 2023, I am back and I am living back in my house in which I have got my room. Now that I am back do I give them a new tenancy agreement? If yes then as tenants or lodgers?

Thanks,

Flore


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Member Since January 2020 - Comments: 553

16:24 PM, 11th August 2023, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by David at 11/08/2023 – 15:55
There is a legal requirement to complete Right to Rent checks which appplies to lodgers as well as AST tenants.

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18:58 PM, 11th August 2023, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Graham Bowcock at 11/08/2023 – 16:24
Yes, I’m aware of the legal requirement. My comment was about its relevance to what preceeded it.

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