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Lodgers entitlements

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Exitstrategist · 30/03/2024 11:26

Hi- expecting to be flamed here but interested in what people think. We have a small flat (2 bedroom) in Dublin. Our interest rates have gone up three times so we needed to get a lodger. Husband uses the flat two nights a week. Advertised on well-known spare room type site. Woman interested. Works nearby. She is from the city so led us to believe she was just here during the week. Agreed a price including bills for Monday- Friday. Husband agreed with her that she could stay the occasional weekend if we aren’t using it. The problem is we haven’t been using it and husband has been rarely here too. We have come for the weekend- asked her to leave as kids need to use her room. There is stuff EVERYWHERE- she has clearly fully moved in and here all the time. Created a fuss about how inconvenient it was to move out. The place is filthy. Our bills are now reflecting that she is here full time. Husband does not want this. We have a lot of people using the flat in coming weekends and need her out of here but she is making us feel like the unreasonable ones. Who is being unreasonable? I have said to husband he needs to sit her down and go through house rules. Her bloody mate is storing stuff here too!!!

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VeniVidiWeeWee · 30/03/2024 23:45

@Exitstrategist

Is this part of the rent a room scheme?

If so , I think you've got serious problems:

  • The owner must be resident in the property
  • The property must be the owner’s primary residence
Neither of which appear to be true from your posts.
Concannon88 · 30/03/2024 23:48

CandidHedgehog · 30/03/2024 23:39

Have you ever been a M-F lodger? Because I have and that’s just not how I viewed it. It was a perfectly nice flat that I stayed in for work not in any way my home. I had a home elsewhere.

Maybe there are people who set down roots anywhere they stay more than a day or two but M-F landlords can’t be blamed for not expecting it or catering for it.

Yes I have. Its Monday to Friday, so the majority of the week. Yes I'd want it to feel like my home. Shes staying there more than the husband is. Of course they own it but so do air b&b landlords and you are still allowed to treat the place as your home.

NigellaAwesome · 31/03/2024 00:08

Exitstrategist · 30/03/2024 18:43

The stuff that she’s filled the place with is her friends stuff which arrived last week. I think it’s too outing to explain what it is but it’s basically a hobby she’s practising with stuff that takes up a LOT of room. Think career change.

Balloon modeller?

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