Your Law Store New Lodger Pack For when you are choosing a new lodger - with added lodger agreement
Choosing the right lodger is INCREDIBLY important:
This person will have keys to your house, and will be able to rummage through all your things when you are not there!
It is worth taking a bit of care to ensure that they are who they say they are and that they will be a good ‘fit’ with your household.
The Your Law Store new lodger pack has all the forms that you need to help you select the right lodger.
Prepared by specialist landlord and tenant lawyer Tessa Shepperson (creator of the Lodger Landlord and Landlord Law websites), it includes forms, letters and checklists, together with helpful guidance notes.
We do all the drafting and letting writing so you don't have to!
- Telephone enquiry form
Prompts you all the questions you need to ask applicants at the telephone with handy spaces for you to write them down
- New Lodger Checklist
Lists the points you need to cover in your interview with your lodger so you can tick them off as you go
- Letter to your Insurers
You need to get confirmation from your insurance company that taking in a lodger will not invalidate your insurance cover
- General Letter of Authority
Some referees will want to see this before disclosing any information – get applicants to sign several
- Standing order form
Get your lodger to sign this so payments get made promptly
- Lodger information form
Get your lodger to complete this form for you – it has all the information you will need when carrying out your checks
- Right to Rent checklist
Extensive guidance to help you do the check properly plus a form to record the outcome, ensuring that you are compliant with the law (and not vulnerable to the penalty charge for non-compliance)
- Reference letters
Letters for you to use to follow up references with employers, bank and personal references
- Housing Benefit Letter of Authority
For lodgers on benefit – the Benefit Office will tell you nothing unless you can show them a letter like this signed by the lodger
- Helpful notes
These explain every step of the way and give more information about the different forms and how they should be used
Together these forms and guidance notes will help you through the stressful business of choosing a new lodger
Don't leave it to chance
Its easy to let someone in, but can be a nightmare getting them out again!
Take a bit of care and make sure you have a lodger you can live with.
The Lodger Agreement
Choose the New Lodger Pack plus and you also get our popular lodger agreement included at only £6 extra! (Full price is £12).
Clearly laid out and with a space at the end for your own clauses or house rules, this form is indispensable. Use it to protect your position and ensure that the terms of your agreement are clearly spelled out – so your lodger can’t deny them later!
Get the Your Law Store lodger pack before doing ANYTHING
Remember, its your home they’ll be living in
Yes! I want to buy! What do I do?
What happens next?
When you click the buy button you will be taken to make payment via Credit or Debit card.
It will say Zollch Ltd – Your Law Store is run through a limited company and that is the company name.
After payment you will be redirected to a page where you can download the file there and then
You will also be sent a confirmation email with a link to a page where you can download the forms. This will last for 7 days (so you need to download the forms pack within that time)
The email is sent out automatically – if you don’t get it, check you spam or junk folders
The forms are all in a zip folder – you need to save this to a directory on your computer where you can find it again (perhaps call it ‘Lodger forms’)
You can normally open the zip file by clicking on it
If you experience any problems, send us a message using the request support form on the Your Law Store ‘how to buy’ page
