What if I gift a holiday in my annexe and someone doesn’t leave?
I am considering gifting my annexe accommodation to terminally ill people as a holiday, referred to me by a charity that only does this. This is only a potential issue, as it has not happened yet! What if the charity introduced a person to stay in my annexe and at the end of the week’s stay, they won’t leave?
The annexe is 45m from my front door, in my garden.
Can I change the locks when they are out? And what is one of them is always there? Are they simply a guest?
Any thoughts?
Much appreciated.
Peter
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9:53 AM, 6th January 2024, About 2 years ago
Reply to the comment left by David at 02/01/2024 – 14:22
How likely are they to be “out” if they are terminally ill?
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10:04 AM, 6th January 2024, About 2 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Peter at 03/01/2024 – 10:12
Lovely idea.
Just so you don’t assume… Building Regs for your new build is domestic. Quite right.
There are brand new Fire Safety requirements started 1st Jan 2024 for all short term lets.
Basically the commercial fire safety regulations do now apply to the short term let market, like airbnb & your annex/ what you suggest doing.
Eg fire doors or solid doors (no hollow doors) on all bedrooms and kitchens, interlinked fire alarms in each bedroom linked to those in the escape route/ hallway, even if its only 3 ft away. A written fire risk assessment etc
Your Building Regs sign off will not include these, as it is currently domestic.
PS It looks likely the Fire Authority will enforce fire safety in domestic short term lets, because they enforce the commercial fire law in hotels but going into airbnb eg domestic annex is a new concept for them, so they are less helpful.
And it is not hard to comply. Just a few tweaks. Get onto an airbnb forum, its ablaze with this at the mo!
Just wanted to support you getting it right.