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Information for Resident Landlords

Note - if you are not a member of Landlord-Law please click here.

Important note on information relating to lodgers:


We will be re-launching Landlord-Law in the summer and the new site will *not* contain any information on lodgers. This is now dealt with in our new service the Lodger Landlord (which also has a documents shop). However the existing guidance and lodger related forms will remain online here until that time.

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Tessa's Ten Top Tips for Landlords on Lodgers - read these tips of you are thinking of taking in a lodger.

FAQ for Landlords on taking in lodgers.

FAQ for Resident Landlords.

Note that annual members can download a lodgers agreement, or a tenancy agreement for use where there is a resident landlord, from the Tenancy Agreements section. Click here to go there.

Pdf Documents
(check out also the recent articles)

Common Law Tenancies
Common law tenancies include self contained properties where the landlord lives in the same building - this article explains the law

Residential licenses
This article discusses the law which applies when someone lives in a property but does not have a tenancy. This includes lodgers.

Notice to Lodger to Vacate
This is a letter which can be served on your lodger if you wish to give him or her notice to leave. The notice period should normally be 4 weeks although if there are serious rent arrears or the lodger is behaving badly, it can be much less than this. To read the notes, double click on the little boxes.

Letter to Insurers
Landlords thinking of taking in a lodger should send this letter to their insurers first