Get a solicitor drafted agreement to share your home with a housemate or flatmate
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The owner of a house or flat can use this agreement to take on a lodger to occupy part of the property with them. Because this document creates a licence and not a lease, it means that you can bring the agreement to an end much more easily than under a tenancy agreement, providing you with more protection.
This agreement is suitable for up to 2 owners and 2 lodgers. All the owners must live with and share the property with the lodgers. The lodgers must occupy a single room. If there are 2 lodgers in separate rooms, you will need to create a separate agreement for each room.
Note that to use this document for properties in Wales, you must not give a notice to the lodger stating that this agreement is an occupation contract under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.
If there's a mortgage over the property, you may need to get the consent of your mortgage provider to take in the lodger.
If you own your house or flat and would like to rent out one of your rooms to a lodger, it is advisable to have an agreement in place to formally record the terms and conditions under which the lodger (referred to as the 'occupier') will share your property.
Compatible region(s):EnglandWales
Most documents take about 15 - 45 minutes
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