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[jpkeates]

There doesn't seem any way that Sara can claim to be living in that property.
Which would probably mean that, at some point, you have become a tenant (and the person in the other room is almost certainly a tenant because they have never lived in the property with Sara).
It would be unreasonable...

[jpkeates]

I'm about £10k down and it's mostly electrical work.

I can't see this government putting up taxes anymore before the next election, although there's nothing to say that they won't figure out how to tax landlords more specifically - there's few votes lost there.

My candidate...

[jpkeates]

The building management would have to take it up with the landlord, as they have no relationship with the tenant, who has the landlord’s permission, which is all she needs.

On the other hand, if the landlords lease doesn’t allow animals to stay there, they may try to compel the landlord...

[jpkeates]

Maths isn't my strong point, but 12 months is a year and 2015 was six years ago.

[jpkeates]

it's not going to help now.
UC won't pay any arrears (in any meaningful way).

If the tenants have done a runner, UC won't pay rent going forward either....

[jpkeates]

You can act "in support" of the "lead" tenant, but it would have to be pretty direct.
You couldn't really, for example, do anything without the lead tenant doing pretty much the same thing at the same time.

The "lead" tenant can use reasonable force to...

[jpkeates]

The tenant might be bluffing to try and get something done, but if the problem is big enough that a no win no fee solicitor is prepared to take the case on, it must be pretty serious.
They only take on cases that they're very confident that they'll win and win big....

[jpkeates]

It's definitely an HMO, but that doesn't affect the "lead" tenant's right to exclude the lodger when their notice has expired.

A side issue is that the OP has no right the do anything to exclude the lodger, other than act in support of the "lead" tenant.
The OP...

[jpkeates]

I don't believe the tenant doesn't have a phone of some kind.

Someone needs to explain to the tenant that there are things that they need to do to support them living in their home.
Most things are the same as a home owner, so it's not as if they're being discriminated against....

[jpkeates]

I would do it formally as a company and I'd take some legal advice (both of you separately).

The only thing that kills an existing friendship faster than doing business together is screwing their partner.

[jpkeates]

The lender should be able to download the articles etc from companies house.
They're meant to be public.

[jpkeates]

[QUOTE=bob369;n1177944]I understand Police will not get involved to remove him, even though he is tresspassing, understand they view this as Civil not criminal./QUOTE]That's because this kind of trespass isn't a crime.



If you change the lock on his room he's still got access...

[jpkeates]

I don't.
You've considered things that other people may not have done, but there's lots of different ways to run a business, particularly one that involves people and their homes.

It might help your tenant to understand your longer term plans, because, you're right, she's going to...

[jpkeates]

If your husband is a director, the other directors can't withhold information from them; unless there are some very specific rules in the company articles - and they wouldn't normally be appropriate in a property development business (which are usually set up with boilerplate documentation).
The...

[jpkeates]

What I've found over and over is that tenants don't find this kind of thing interesting and, unless they've grown up with storage heaters, won't spend the time to get the right tariff and synchronise the timers with the cheap rate periods.

Most people are used to radiators which you switch...

[jpkeates]

If it's their wall and it's been damaged by your ivy, there is really only one route for them to pursue you to hand over money (other than you being nice neighbours).

You have done damage to their property and they want compensation for their loss.
For that claim to succeed, they...

[jpkeates]

It depends on the person carrying out the inspection - because they are correct that the unit is not to the current specification, but they exercise their judgement in noting the severity of the issue.
Many electricians would record that as a C3 issue, which is non-compliant but a possible improvement...

[jpkeates]

It's a completely unrealistic view to believe.
If the letting agents were right tens (maybe) hundreds of thousands of people would be trapped in completely impossible to end tenancies.

People die, fall out, dovorce, vanish or emigrate all the time - which would leave their joint tenants...

[jpkeates]

I think that this issue is starting to affect the basic utility of the forum.
I don't know how valuable the forum is to the site or its owners, so I don't know how much of an issue that is.

But the people becoming frustrated by the problem are some of the most active users with the...

[jpkeates]

Are you confident that you have enough information that this is the right approach to take.

It's always sensible to ask questions when you don't know something, but you seem to have decided to set up a company already, which seems a bit cart before the horse....