Planning for renting a house

[d-wales]

Do I need planning to rent out part of a farm house?

Got a few spare rooms as it's a large old farm house. These rooms aren't being used currently. So thinking of renting it out long term.

 

[ewald]

Don't know about planning - other things to think about are epc rating (difficult to achieve the proposed standards on an old house) and the increasing challenges of eviction if it all goes wrong.
Do some research online - I feel that being a private landlord is becoming too difficult.

 

[Timbo]

Do I need planning to rent out part of a farm house?

Got a few spare rooms as it's a large old farm house. These rooms aren't being used currently. So thinking of renting it out long term.

No but you need all your Certificates, smoke alarms and EPC in order

 

[henman]

plenty of good tenants out there
pay to have refs done , meet the people, must have fire alarms, electrics checked, if you got the space you might as well use it

 

[d-wales]

It's got an agricultural clause associated with it, saying that it must be lived in by someone who works in ag, so if I'm living in half the house, would this be allowed?

 

[Tubbylew]

You may be able to apply for an exemption for EPC not certain on the procedure just that it's possible.

 

[Wellpark]

You will need any gas checked and certified , this needs done dvery year , an electrical installation condition report needs done every 5 years. you don't need an epc certificate for a lodger you do for a tennant
There are great tax benefits if you let a room to a lodger as opposed to letting a flat in a house to a tennant

 

[Wisconsonian]

Plenty of bad tenants out there also. Just like any short term relationship opening; job, housing, romance, the bad ones have a higher turn over and stay available longer, so at any point in time, the bad ones vastly outnumber the good ones.

 

[flywheel]

You all saw need a legionnaires water test /certificate more money again...

 

[theboytheboy]

My advice is to go down the lodger route

 

[Timbo]

It's got an agricultural clause associated with it, saying that it must be lived in by someone who works in ag, so if I'm living in half the house, would this be allowed?

Not on the face of things. Get a "lodger" instead.

 

[d-wales]

Not on the face of things. Get a "lodger" instead.

That's what I've been thinking.

 

[flowerpot]

Are you thinking Lodger or Tenant? Lodger just lives in the house, and has no legal protection. However, it is a very, very good idea to have some sort of contract in place (girlfriend staying over?, keeping the place clean and tidy, etc, etc) which I think you can buy from WH Smith for an example. They have their own room, but share kitchen, and bathroom unless you have more than one.

I know someone who has had lodgers for the past 20 years. They have a separate bathroom, kitchen and sitting room from the owners and all have been fine, some have stayed a long time, others not so long. A regular source is newly divorced men. It would be sensible to put in smoke/carbon dioxide alarms if you don't already have them and have the electrics/gas checked for safety for your own peace of mind.

Obviously the nicer the house - warm, well decorated, etc. the better class of lodger. Both my son and daughter had house shares at various times for a varying length of time and it worked well with no horror stories.

Tenants on the other hand are a different prospect. There are lots of obligations on the landlord's part. Annual gas safety report, a legal need for a contract, etc. They are renting a home.

 

[Still Farming]

Possibly if it becomes a HMO

 

[flowerpot]

Possibly if it becomes a HMO

Yes, you are correct. I had forgotten that.

 

[Still Farming]

Rent a room in your home

Renting a room in your home out - Rent a Room Scheme, types of tenancy or licence, rent, bills, tax and ending a letting

www.gov.uk

Looks marvellous???