# Tenant changing rooms in HMO **URL:** \ **Category:** Legal\ **Created:** [8 September 2026 07:26 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-changing-rooms-in-hmo/91441 "2026-09-08T07:26:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![J1124](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/j1124/32/33676_2.png) [@J1124](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/J1124)\ **Post date:** [8 September 2026 07:26 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-changing-rooms-in-hmo/91441/1 "2026-09-08T07:26:13Z")
I have a tenant wanting to change rooms in the HMO she is in. She wants to move into the master bedroom which has just become available. The rent is higher than the room she is currently in and she is happy to pay the premium. Do I need to end her tenancy contract for her current room and issue a new tenancy document/ contract. I’ve noticed on Openrent I can serve notice and increase the rent through their rent collection facility which I don’t use anyway and it’s not a typical rent increase - it’s taking up tenancy in a more expensive room. Any advice on best way around this? ---
**Author:** ![Karl11](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/karl11/32/35316_2.png) [@Karl11](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Karl11)\ **Post date:** [8 September 2026 09:02 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-changing-rooms-in-hmo/91441/2 "2026-09-08T09:02:30Z")
Personally, where I have done this, I have ended the tenancy agreement and started another by creating new advert etc, and starting Rent Now again. ---
**Author:** ![David122](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/david122/32/1449_2.png) [@David122](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/David122)\ **Post date:** [8 September 2026 14:21 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-changing-rooms-in-hmo/91441/3 "2026-09-08T14:21:52Z")
I would suggest ending the tenancy through a deed of surrender, which ends it without notice at the moment its executed. You can then create a new tenancy for the new room. ---
**Author:** ![Chris142](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/chris142/32/34827_2.png) [@Chris142](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/Chris142)\ **Post date:** [9 September 2026 09:00 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-changing-rooms-in-hmo/91441/4 "2026-09-09T09:00:41Z")
Surrender and regrant is right, but sort the deposit before you do it. The Deregulation Act relief that saves you re-protecting on a renewal only applies where the premises under both tenancies are the same or substantially the same, Housing Act 2004 s.215B(4). A different room might well not be. If a judge takes that view you’ve received a deposit on a new tenancy and not protected it, and that’s one to three times the deposit under s.214. Re-protecting and re-serving the prescribed information takes ten minutes and costs nothing. Just do it. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Z](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openrent.co.uk/a_z/32/450_2.png) [@A\_Z](https://community.openrent.co.uk/u/A_Z)\ **Post date:** [9 September 2026 20:16 UTC](https://community.openrent.co.uk/t/tenant-changing-rooms-in-hmo/91441/5 "2026-09-09T20:16:05Z")
Start a new tenancy from scratch . Ref deed of surrender Don’t do the deed before getting a new signed agreement or the tenant is a trespasser …. The n r l a contract allows money to be taken in an organised manner deposits rent etc Personally I’d get her to hand in her notice ( accept less than two months notice ) and just start a new tenancy . Why conduct a deed ? It’s unnecessary paperwork . I’d overlap the tenancies so she’s got time to clean her room after she moves her belongings to the new room