I would love to be a fly on the wall if that was ever purposed.
Charging rent for guests...reasonable?
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I used to share a place with a friend who would always have two other friends over. Most of the time it was okay but when it started to become 3-4 overnight stays a week it got a bit too much.
It's not just the use of electricity it's also use of the space tbh. I didn't pay monthly to have two extra people living with us. I would have chosen to live elsewhere if that was the case.
Seems like it's more a way of telling you that you are there too much rather than being bothered about the pay.
It's not just the use of electricity it's also use of the space tbh. I didn't pay monthly to have two extra people living with us. I would have chosen to live elsewhere if that was the case.
Seems like it's more a way of telling you that you are there too much rather than being bothered about the pay.
Was there for 2 years. In the end it wasnt really the fact he was a landlord so much as that he was just hard work. I paid the rent on time and followed the agreement to the letter.
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Well yes it is but while a tenancy agreement is in effect then the tenants have a right to live there how they wish. In many ways while they are renting it is the tenants house (within reason). If I rented a house I wouldnt expect the landlord to tell me who can come round and when as it's not their concern. However I would expect the other tenants to say something and they are well within their rights to do so.
The point I was trying to make is a landlord can try and throw their weight around but it's important to remember the tenants rights too. I was just trying to highlight the difference between tenants in a democracy and a landlord in a dictatorship!
Speaking to the girlfriend, it turns out that the landlord is demanding back payment for the past 3 months, to the tune of £150!! Totally unreasonable imo, I'm gonna make a counter offer of £20 to cover any water and electricity I might have used. If she rejects that I'm basically gonna have to tell her to screw herself...
I'm not sure if this whole thing is a dig at me or not, because there's other people that often stay round and she's saying she'll charge them too. I think this whole ordeal will just serve to alienate people and lose a tenant, as my girlfriend is now talking about moving out. Things were pretty tense anyway, due to the landlord being pretty unreasonable about other things (e.g. charging for general wear and tear which isn't the tenants responsability). Goes to show it's probably not a good idea to live with your landlord.
I'm not sure if this whole thing is a dig at me or not, because there's other people that often stay round and she's saying she'll charge them too. I think this whole ordeal will just serve to alienate people and lose a tenant, as my girlfriend is now talking about moving out. Things were pretty tense anyway, due to the landlord being pretty unreasonable about other things (e.g. charging for general wear and tear which isn't the tenants responsability). Goes to show it's probably not a good idea to live with your landlord.
It's not about just having people around, the op is there very often. The agreement might state that this is not allowed.
As someone else said above, it might just be a polite way of saying you stay too often for peoples liking.
As someone else said above, it might just be a polite way of saying you stay too often for peoples liking.
landlord sounds like a complete tool. Pretty sure she cant just drum up the £5 charge and then say yeh it applies to the last 3 months. Surely for that to work she would have had to have mentioned it 3 months ago.
Tell her to go do one if she doesn't accept £20 and then £5 from now on.
Tell her to go do one if she doesn't accept £20 and then £5 from now on.
Oh, forgot to say, the contract doesn't say anything about guests.
The landlord is rarely there also (stays mainly round her parents), and I'm in the house no more often than other friends (not including sleeping), so I wouldn't have thought I'm in the way more than anyone else. Hell, maybe she just doesn't like me
The landlord is rarely there also (stays mainly round her parents), and I'm in the house no more often than other friends (not including sleeping), so I wouldn't have thought I'm in the way more than anyone else. Hell, maybe she just doesn't like me
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When I first met my girlfriend she was a lodger. I used to think her landlord was really unreasonable as I used to get constantly moaned at for not parking my car front in to some wall (Even though if I did, the back of my car blocked the road) but this thread kinda puts that into perspective.
That said, lodging when you've got a partner is a bit of a weird situation to be in, always felt a bit awkward.
That said, lodging when you've got a partner is a bit of a weird situation to be in, always felt a bit awkward.
This. But the £5 goes to the landlord, the other tenants should get a discount.
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Out of line tbh, shes paying for the room, she should be able to use it within reasonable grounds to do what she wants, a massive party with 20 people is out of line, someone else being in the room at night with her makes no difference what so ever, whats he tryin charge u for ? breathing extra oxygen ? lol, oh so you may flush the toilet a couple times extra a week ? there being out of line and unreasonable, shes already paying a huge amount no doubt to live there.
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Wth! Tell this guy to take a hike! How cheap..seriously. Like the others have said. He already gets your GFs rent!
Wear and tear on the bed too.
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SHE rents the ROOM though, legally that 10x12 foot area or whatever it is, is hers to do what she pleases within reasonable grounds. The ****** landlord has no rights to demand that he monitors what she does in there, or who else is there, its upto her, she pays a lot of money no doubt as i said.
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Actually...since she only rents a room, its a licence and she has very little rights. A lot of the rights under the Landlord and Tenant Act don't apply to her as a result.
If she has a lease then she has a lot more rights.
Oh, forgot to say, the contract doesn't say anything about guests.
The landlord is rarely there also (stays mainly round her parents), and I'm in the house no more often than other friends (not including sleeping), so I wouldn't have thought I'm in the way more than anyone else. Hell, maybe she just doesn't like me
maybe it's the other house mates that don't like you and rather than cause a fuss with your gf asked the landlord to get rid of you?