Renting a room and landlord says no guests

[Beautywithalittleugly]

I've been renting a room for three months now, today landlord asks for house meeting. He told me no one can stay over for the night not even DP or family. When I took the room I said I would have DP and family staying at times, he said it's fine. Now it's no one can stay they can only visit in the daytime.
I've been asking for a contract since I've moved in but I still don't have one.
AIBU to expect hime to stick to his word?
Also, when DP has stayed over there is no noise and we are completely respectful of everyone else in the house. Other house mates are up in arms about this.
I'm so frustrated I had to drop a few lines.

I used to have "lodgers" in my old large house and I was the "live in landlady". I was always kind, and allowed them to have a bf. or gf. stay over, when visiting - or another member of the family, and on the whole it was great with kind respectfulness on each side. However, I once had a young lady move into her "room" and the day after her bf. arrived. I thought he might be staying the odd night as a visitor, - but no, he came EVERY night, and basically lived there free of charge. Having mentioned this as kindly as possible, on several occasions, (completely ignored) I had to take her to one side and explain - the room was advertised as "single occupancy, for a female" - not a "couple". She kicked off big time, and was extremely unpleasant, so I had to tell her to leave. TBH it was also really getting on the other two lovely ladies nerves as well. You need to be very clear if you are a "lodger" with a live-in landlord, or not. If the landlord does not live there, then you cannot be classed as a "lodger" and as such you are therefore a tennant, should absolutely have your deposit protected, have a properly drawn up tenancy agreement, and you have some rights.

There is so much wrong information on this thread, it's hard to know where to start. How about some facts?

• Lodger does not equal tenant
• Landlords with lodgers don't have to declare the income until it - meets a certain threshold
• Contracts not required
• Rent deposit schemes not relevant in lodging situations
• Lodger and house owner don't have the same rights (surely this is a no-brainer?)

As for people who steal their landlord's property (Macbook Air), words fail me.

OP's landlord should have set out clear ground rules and stuck to them. He should also have taken a deposit to cover any potential damage to the room.

This was my first experience of renting a room and I know I will never do it again. I honestly didn't realise that it is not considered your home as well. This thought process was confirmed from friends who have a room and the LL initial expectations. The only rules I had was to keep the house tidy and do my washing on my set day. He said this was my home and to treat it that way but that wasn't the case.

Living as a lodger isn’t going to ever be the same as having your own front door

Living as a lodger isn’t going to ever be the same as having your own front door
Which is why it's usually a relatively cheap option. Don't like being a lodger? Bite the bullet and rent your own flat/pay your own council tax/water rates/other utilities/repairs, etc.
Renting a room and complaining that you don't have equal rights as the owner is like going on a caravan holiday and complaining there's no room service. You get what you pay for.

I wasn't asking for the same rights, I just wanted a LL who was straight forward with their expectations. If rules were laid out from the start then I would know where I stand.
I am staying with DP while looking for my own flat to rent. Not a problem paying everything that is required when you live alone. I chose to rent a room so I could save for a deposit to buy my own place.

Where I am a one bed flat starts at £650 a month plus bills, added to which many letting agents won’t let to single people & want couples, unless very high earner

Renting a room is an average £390 per month bills included, WiFi etc which is a considerably cheaper option

That is really cheap because I was paying 600 pm.

I was also paying for my own WiFi as LL didn't have ito.

Have you cancelled the wifi?

I don't think the landlord can legally enforce any such thing! He is the one breaking the law, you can have an an all night orgy if you feel like it.

He is the one breaking the law, you can have an an all night orgy if you feel like it.
Oh, do please elucidate. Why would a lodger have a right to hold an all night orgy in someone else's house. And how is the landlord breaking the law?

He's not breaking any law at all. A lodger is no more legally than a guest.

Yes I cancelled the WiFi