Hi, I’m a first-time landlady here and would appreciate some guidance.
I have a woman interested in renting my property. She’s coming with her daughter, who is 17. How is the contract written? Is the mother the sole tenant in the contract and the daughter a “permitted occupant”? Otherwise, how is a minor listed on the contract?
Do I need to run right to rent check for the daughter being a minor?
Do I have to run background references for the daughter?
Many thanks.
List the child as permitted occupier. Get birth certificate to confirm the relationship and age
Re right to rent
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This Scheme does not apply to children. This means that a landlord may allow all those under the age of 18 years to occupy property. A landlord can consider a person to be a child where they are reasonably satisfied that they are not 18 years of age or over.
Landlords may allow those who will turn 18 years of age during a residential tenancy agreement to continue to occupy property. A landlord is not required to conduct a right to rent check at the point the child turns 18 years of age. However, where follow-up checks are required for the existing tenants, the now adult should be included in those checks when they are due."
If 17yo daughter not paying rent, no need to run ref checks particularly just like other children or indeed tenants - it’s optional. She isn’t that likely to have own history of renting and would have a ccj (getting credit in first place normally is for people 18yo and over) so referencing not that likely to be useful. Just establish she actually is a daughter of the tenant and her age.
Good luck
No, but you will have to as soon as she turns 18. Another reason for seeing a birth certificate so you can find out when that is.
Ah right… didn’t know that. Just assumed it. Thanks for the correction.
Do you mean when share codes expire, for example?
Yes exactly. Or any other reasons why the tenants’ permission to be in uk might have ended and they might no longer have permission (eg if sponsored on a skilled work visa and they lost their job etc etc)..
(Some people might complain about LLs being used for immigration enforcement…)
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that wouldn’t be a reason why they wouldn’t have permission to remain in the UK. They’ll have a visa and are free to either find a new sponsor or work for other firms up to a certain number of hours a week until they do.
Thank you very much!
Well yes i’m sure you are right there’s a grace period for them to find a new sponsor
Better example might be a student who loses their place at a university tho again suspect will be a grace period allowing them to get onto another course if they can
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