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Daughter's lodger taking the Mickey ? How to get him out.

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4seasons · 31/08/2015 21:46

Our daughter needed a lodger to help pay her mortgage . Her friend recommended someone who worked for her who needed a place to stay whilst looking for a house to buy . He has his own bedroom and shares the bathroom , kitchen, living room etc. He has been fairly unpleasant to live with from the start and she's had enough. There was no rental agreement or anything of that nature as he was " a friend of a friend " . It's actually cost her money because of changes to her insurance , council tax etc. She's charging £500 a month and I think he has a bargain as it includes all bills . He also uses things like washing powder , toilet rolls , coffee pods etc. He also helped himself to her parking permits !
Anyway.... she's told him it isn't working and would like him to move out. Initially she said if he couldn't find anywhere he could stay until the end of September ( mad woman ... too kind ). Today he has told her ..... not asked or discussed ...... that from now on he will be paying weekly until he finds somewhere " suitable ". .... £115 per week. What does she need to do to get rid of him and stay within the law? I think she is a bit frightened of him and he is arrogant and pompous and basically telling her what is going to happen in her own home . I am furious but want to give her good advice . Can anyone help please ?

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cuntycowfacemonkey · 31/08/2015 21:50
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FuckYouChrisAndThatHorse · 31/08/2015 21:51

Lodgers don't have any rights. Does she have anyone who could be with her as she asks him to leave immediately? He sounds like trouble. The police are always an option.

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ohtheholidays · 31/08/2015 21:54

If there's nothing in writing then he has no rights!

Her house her decision,I agree with ThatHorse it sounds like it would be a good idea to have someone there with her when she tells him to get out.

I'd think about changing the locks as well,expensive and a pain in the arse but worth it if she thinks he might have had a copy made.

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YonicScrewdriver · 31/08/2015 21:55

If he has no contract, i would be tempted to not take rent for September, change the locks and let him challenge it. But that would probably be bad advice, so I second calling the police on the non emergency number.

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YonicScrewdriver · 31/08/2015 21:58

Looking at that link, he's an excluded occupier and she can give him one month's notice (or let him change to weekly payment then give him one week!)

In the meantime, can she lock away her parking permits eyc?

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Stripeysocksarecool · 01/09/2015 18:19

OP, do you have any large burly men in your family or as friends? If so send them round to stand scowling beside your daughter while she tells the lodger again that he has to leave by x date.

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wowfudge · 01/09/2015 18:32

Definitely change the locks when he's gone.

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Aqualady · 01/09/2015 18:40

If there is no written contract what the problem? When he goes out pack all his shit, put them on the street and change the locks Angry

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Cabrinha · 07/09/2015 09:09

It's not his fault if she's undercharging.
And unless she pays for the parking permits, why wouldn't she share those with someone else paying to live in her house?

The law is on her side and she should tell him to go, but she needs to be more realistic if she takes a lodger again.

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NotCitrus · 07/09/2015 09:29

Is he trying to pay £115/week so he doesn't have to stump up all of the £500 for September? It does mean she can give him a week's rather than a month's notice, but equally she can say "you haven't paid rent for Sept so have no rights to be here, your possessions will be outside for collection at 7pm" - or whenever she can get the lock changed by.

If she has a lodger again, she needs a written contract for an excluded occupier, spelling out what kitchen space etc is shared and what isn't.

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Cabrinha · 07/09/2015 09:33

I don't think he's done anything so awful saying he'll pay weekly until he moves out, either. He said that after she told him she wanted him to go. There's no contract to say he can't pay weekly. It seems a sensible thing to do. OK, so he just "told" her - but then, she just "told" him to go.

I had a lodger for a while and I hated it, but it really wasn't his fault.

I'm still trying to work out how she's but making any money out of it with £500 a month.

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