Any landlords would you agree to this?

[babysharksmummy]

We have lived in our rented house for years and always paid rent on time.
A friend of a friend has approached me and said she is moving to the area from abroad and needs to rent a room for six months and asked if we would consider subletting.
We have a spare room that is currently a playroom but could clear it out in a weekend, tops.
We are going to pay the rent as normal and be completely liable, she would just be using the room.
If you are a landlord, would you agree to us doing this?
Nothing in our contract about it but it was never renewed from the first contract we ever had (and we've not had a single inspection either however wouldn't consider doing it without the landlord's permission)
Thanks!

i wouldn’t ask and i dont know anyone that would to be honest. as long as you make it clear that they have to be out after 6 months.

what shiton said. just pay the rent and dont ask.

This is our family home and one we are hoping to buy if it ever goes on the market, so I couldn't risk eviction by doing it underhand.
Think the general consensus is don't bother then from reading the comments! Much appreciated

Whenever we need maintenance they usually send someone round the same day (it's a management company who the LL has outsourced all the properties too) so it would look a bit dodgy with an occupied spare room should he report back.
And yes it's Manchester which a PP said definitely no... Oh well!

Why would I agree to you renting out a room in my property? [Confused]

Friend staying free of charge, for a while. Fine

You taking any money for “rent” you are subletting and no as a landlord I would not agree to that!

Pink Heart I probably shouldn't have used the word sublet.
We wouldn't be taking any rent money from her, just a third of the bills.
I didn't even consider insurance etc tho and the possibility of them not being able to serve notice

No as it would then deem the property as HMO and change the legal requirements, e.g the provision of fire doors, etc.

You’re allowed to have people stay. It’s your home.

You’re allowed to have ‘stuff’ in the bedroom, not use it as a playroom.

If anyone asks, tell the truth, you have a friend staying.

Grendel's subletting had now caused some lease hold companies to change their policies and charge people more money. There could be serious implications, be very careful !

This should have said Freehold companies are now getting their lease holders to confirm if they are subletting. The freeholder can charge the leaseholder if they are sub letting.

I wouldn’t but more from the perspective that I wouldn’t want to share with another adult for that long.

If it was someone I trusted, like my sister, yes I would do it. And I wouldn’t tell my mortgage company either unless it went on past 6 months.

We wouldn’t allow it and in fact our contract specifically states that it’s not allowed.

Other than the legal and insurance complications we’re very careful about who we rent our home to and the terms under which it’s rented. We take careful references.

We don’t allow smokers or pet owners for example, if my tenants sublet I lose control of who is living in my home.

If it isn't prohibited in your tenancy agreement then why would you even be informing the landlord? As long as you are not in breech of your tenancy then it's fine.

The fact your haven't renewed the tenancy agreement is neither here nor there, the terms of the agreement still stand, the only difference is that the tenancy is out of the fixed term.

Mmm difficult one. I would not mind if a friend is staying temporarily. If she has loads of stuff and has obviously moved in for longer than a few weeks I probably wouldn't like it if I later found out about it.
And officially I couldn't agree to it.

So the answer is likely to be no If you officially ask your ll. If you aren't prepared to ask then you have to weigh up who you would rather piss off more. Your friend if you say no or your ll if they were to find out about it.

I added a partner on once - when he moved in with me.
I think they called it permitted occupier but it was very easy to do any my landlady didn't see it as a problem, nor did the estate agents - I'd ask, nothing ventured nothing gained

I'm a landlord and would have no issue with it as long as it didn't effect my insurance. I certainly wouldn't increase rent but I certainly would.amend the contract to state that the legal tenants were responsible for any damage caused by the friend.