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View Pawson Palace's Profile Pawson Palace Flag Croydon 11 May 15 2.25pm Send a Private Message to Pawson Palace Add Pawson Palace as a friend

I have a spare single room to rent out in Croydon in my flat I also live in- so I'm just looking for some general advice on the do's and don'ts and just any other advice or experiences people have had.

To have a stranger just move in seems quite a daunting prospect in all honesty.

PS: If anyone is actually looking drop me a PM for more details- walking distance to Selhurst!

 


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View Kermit8's Profile Kermit8 Flag Hevon 11 May 15 2.40pm Send a Private Message to Kermit8 Add Kermit8 as a friend

Things I learnt re:choosing

The prettiest will very rarely be the best.

Trust your instinct. 'Yes, they are a nutter'

An agreed month's 'see how it goes and how we both feel' and no hard feelings if it doesn't work out.

Makes the important non-negotiable rules abundantly clear before shaking hands. Give them a chance to say 'not for me' or 'sounds good'

 


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View Pawson Palace's Profile Pawson Palace Flag Croydon 11 May 15 3.17pm Send a Private Message to Pawson Palace Add Pawson Palace as a friend

Quote Kermit8 at 11 May 2015 2.40pm

Things I learnt re:choosing

The prettiest will very rarely be the best.

Trust your instinct. 'Yes, they are a nutter'

An agreed month's 'see how it goes and how we both feel' and no hard feelings if it doesn't work out.

Makes the important non-negotiable rules abundantly clear before shaking hands. Give them a chance to say 'not for me' or 'sounds good'

Haha more or less every source I've come across said do not let to someone you want to bang haha!

They all seem reasonable enough- guess I'm most paranoid about someone just knicking all my stuff and doing a runner!

 


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Catfish Flag Burgess Hill 11 May 15 3.33pm

Keep a copy of their passport

 


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View Superfly's Profile Superfly Flag The sun always shines in Catford 11 May 15 3.42pm Send a Private Message to Superfly Add Superfly as a friend

Set up a spycam so you can watch them whilst interfering with yourself.

 


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View Forest Hillbilly's Profile Forest Hillbilly Flag in a hidey-hole 11 May 15 3.56pm Send a Private Message to Forest Hillbilly Add Forest Hillbilly as a friend

The lucky female must adhere to:

* Pay cash monthly, else conduct the penalty activity

* realise no locks on the bathroom or bedroom doors are allowed for 'fire risk'.

* is free to bring other girlfriends around, but definitely no boyfriends.


 


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View silvertop's Profile silvertop Flag Portishead 11 May 15 4.01pm Send a Private Message to silvertop Add silvertop as a friend

Whatever rights they think they have, actually they have next to none.

There are standard license agreements [not tenancy agreement] you can probably print off the net for lodgers.

The web is awash with advice. Go search...

 

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Quote silvertop at 11 May 2015 4.01pm

Whatever rights they think they have, actually they have next to none.

There are standard license agreements [not tenancy agreement] you can probably print off the net for lodgers.

The web is awash with advice. Go search...

I've seen that in order to do so you must gain entry to the room every fortnight and no locks are allowed etc. etc. I'd rather there not be such a formal agreement but thinking about it it's better to cover my own ass than think everyone is good natured and that.

 


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jamiemartin721 Flag Reading 11 May 15 8.51pm

Try to rent to someone you know, or a friend of a friend.

And get references.

 


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imbored Flag UK 12 May 15 2.19pm

Quote jamiemartin721 at 11 May 2015 8.51pm

Try to rent to someone you know, or a friend of a friend.

And get references.


This. I know a good few horror stories of renting with strangers. Best that it's someone you know and trust.

 

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bubble wrap Flag Carparks in South East London 12 May 15 4.34pm

Best advice i can give you is to not let them use your address for their mail. Tell them to get a PO Box or sent to friends ect. Mate of mine had a guy letting a room, was as polite, Quite and clean and tidy as you could wish for and paid his rent on time but ran up huge debts with every credit card company he could find and my pal only realised what was going on when his front door got kicked in and the guy was arrested for various different frauds that all landed back to his address. He has spent so much time dealing with Credit agencies to get these things cleared of his address.

 

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imbored Flag UK 12 May 15 4.42pm

Quote bubble wrap at 12 May 2015 4.34pm

Best advice i can give you is to not let them use your address for their mail. Tell them to get a PO Box or sent to friends ect. Mate of mine had a guy letting a room, was as polite, Quite and clean and tidy as you could wish for and paid his rent on time but ran up huge debts with every credit card company he could find and my pal only realised what was going on when his front door got kicked in and the guy was arrested for various different frauds that all landed back to his address. He has spent so much time dealing with Credit agencies to get these things cleared of his address.

What a nightmare.

 

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