advise please

[captaincondom]

thinking about renting out a room in my house.but unshure how to go about it or price etc .i don't fancy some right wanker comeing in who will wreck the place and i have my kids round to stop so i got to think about them, is it a good idea wot do you lot think

[Trumpykeks]

au pair. ;)

hth.

[krazy_pixie]

try and get someone you know if you can but make sure they're reliable make a guess at how much you think its gonna affect your bills and put you out having someone there and work on that as what to charge you'll find out during the 1st month and you can always alter the amount then. we got a lodger (of sorts) friend of ours so we buy all the food in charge him bout £50 a fortnight which covers food then extra electric phone ect, from what i can work out most people charge a minimum of £20 a week but that don't usually include food, (wills just to nice/a sucker) but it's your call

[Captain Smurf]

try and get someone you know if you can but make sure they're reliable make a guess at how much you think its gonna affect your bills and put you out having someone there and work on that as what to charge you'll find out during the 1st month and you can always alter the amount then. we got a lodger (of sorts) friend of ours so we buy all the food in charge him bout £50 a fortnight which covers food then extra electric phone ect, from what i can work out most people charge a minimum of £20 a week but that don't usually include food, (wills just to nice/a sucker) but it's your callEeeuugghh

Conjures up a horrible vision - I've met your lodger

[Taff]

That's a terrible idea.
You don't want some fucker in your house all the time, man needs his space.
Can't imagine some bastard walking round my house doing as he likes, it wouldn't last, and it'd end in tears.
Don't do it.

[Spike]

thinking about renting out a room in my house.but unshure how to go about it or price etc .i don't fancy some right wanker comeing in who will wreck the place and i have my kids round to stop so i got to think about them, is it a good idea wot do you lot think

http://uk.easyroommate.com/index.cfm?CountryCode=uk&LCode=uk_en&pw=727&AutoSign=N

[Taff]

www.homeless-taliban-bloodsuckers.com

[Violetmay]

we had a friend, then his girlfriend move in for a bit... he was lovely, nice young kid, at first only charged them jointly for the room, (it is a double), then he got broke, so he ended up owing... well he moved out. We saw it as helping him out, but Taff is right about the space thing, I didn't mind them being there, but when they left the relief of knowing your space was your space is great. Also being able to go the oven, washing machine etc... and find you can actually use it is good. Would not have lodger's again, as well as we got on with him, you need a pretty big place to have a lodger.


But if you do... make the rent realistic and don't take pity... if you need the money set a minimum you need. Don't charge for what you don't provide, and do charge for their share of electric, water etc. Don't guess and top it onto the rent, as come winter when the bills go up you'll be buggered. Get a deposit. Set some ground rules ref coming in times, (i.e not 4 am and pissed up and trashing around your house messy like waking your kids), not having all their mates come round and fill your living room up leaving you with no choice but to go to your room.. make it clear what is theirs space and what is not.
Don't let them off the rent.. there's no point in the end you end up looking after them and you are stuck with how to get them to go cos they are poor and also homeless without you. Don't let partners move in with them, can lead to 'whose house is this'... people like animals make their mark and your house atmosphere can change with the owners falling to the mercy of their lodgers habits.

If you can possibly not do it don't. if you have to get someone you know and make it a short let.

[krazy_pixie]

well said smurf and VM, as i said earlier Will is soft/sucker tried getting some of these points across to him, brick wall understands better ;)

[biker666]

Get a foriegn student in. A young, pretty one!! LOL :D

[pyro]

www.homeless-taliban-bloodsuckers.com


link dont work (shame really) :p

[captaincondom]

good idea with the house rules i think i will need to look in to it further.
any one need a room?
k pixie i thought that a wall had more sense than will ever had

[Violetmay]

good idea with the house rules i think i will need to look in to it further.
any one need a room?
k pixie i thought that a wall had more sense than will ever had
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/1/1_4_83.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZU) This young ukraine student needs one... lol.

[captaincondom]

mmmmmmmmm very tempting :D

[Womble_Lancs]

Another thing to bear in mind is whether or not you want to accept someone who is on Housing Benefit. Most Councils are notoriously bad at setting up Housing Benefit, so you might end up not getting paid for a month or two and then getting a wodge in one go.

Also, if someone's entitlement to benefit changes, the Council might stop the HB for a while whilst it's sorted out.

HB is a real pain in the arse. Ask Spike.

[Kylie]

A girl at works renting her spare room out to a friend as she was desperate for cash when she split up with her fella.

She says he is fine, but his girlfriend drives her round the bend - apparently it's settled down now cos she's moved nearby, but at one point she was ready to murder the girlfriend cos she was there every night, and used to change the TV channel to what she wanted to watch even though she wasnt paying rent!