Room renting

[secsee1]

A neighbour in our street has a spare double furnished & En-suit bedroom now that her daughter has got married and left home, we are in an area with a few military bases, training hospitals etc. and she has just discovered that she can let out the room for between £95 and £120 per week on a room only short let basis.
Would she need to supply a rent book? and what other laws should she need to know about? she is determined to do this privately rather than paying an agent a commission.

[Barquentine]

landlordzone.co.uk is full of helpful advice.

[secsee1]

Thanks for the link Barquentine, it looks very useful so I will pass on the info to my neighbour.

[bushbaby_de]

If she is renting out a spare room in a house she lives in then she is taking in a lodger not a tenant, therefore tenancy agreements etc are not necessary as the person would be living there on personal license only. Here's the official Rent a Room link http://www.direct.gov...ntalIncome/DG_4017804

[snorkerz]

No, she not provide rent book, and indeed may pay no tax on the income if she takes advantage of HMRCs 'Rent A Room' scheme. For her own protection she should have a contract - WHSmiths do a solicitor-written one for less than £10.

The website http://www.lodgerlandlord.co.uk/ has loads of genuinely useful info.