I have rented my 2 bed house to single tenant.
I now find she lets her relative stay in the 2nd Room. He has even put a wardrobe in that room without my permission. The tenant says he only stays once a week. What are my rights as landlord? Can this be allowed? The agreement is only for one tenant - not to house her relative once a week. I am confused. Please advise
Can you prove that’s it only once a week? Are you sure it’s not full time?
It’s not unreasonable to have a guest stay once a week is it?
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The wardrobe if free standing is probably irrelevant - presumably your tenant is allowed to store their own possessions furniture in the property.
You usually are not occasional overnight stays are fine . But if it is a regular pattern you should have been informed of them and can grant them status as a as as a permitted occupier.
And of course if subletting occurs or any payment is made to the sister that may be an issue - what does your contract say about subletting >
What are your worries ? Increased wear and tear? that he will continue to occupy the property.
Increased bills if heating and lighting etc are included?
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If you let a 2 bedroom property, you have to assume that the tenant will wish to make full use of both bedrooms. I would suggest you get it in writing that the room is only used for guests, not full time residents. That way, you wont have to do a Right to Rent check.
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the tenant tells me its once a week - i have no idea how long in reality he stays. Its constant each week
Ask neighbours perhaps?
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Is that allowed 2 ask neighbours wat people are doing? Thats like a debt collectors knocking on neighbours doors 2 ask questions about u 
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@Sarah111 Debt collectors will do that. No law preventing this as far as I’m aware. This isn’t North Korea. Gossiping is what gives half the population purpose!
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No this is uk no need for the sarcastic reply
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that is humour to make us happy
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The little things in life a colin im glad that makes u happy any excuse to get involved as always 
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now who is sarcastic?
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U just cant help yourself can u gotta get involved…
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thank you for the compliment . That means a lot to me Good bye
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Goodbye 
Colin have a lovely evening as always 
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Aw!
Well, sometimes it’s the simple things that make us smile 
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To paraphrase tom jones “it’s not unusual”
firstly always try to form good relationships with neighbours to your properties ensure they have a way of getting in contact with you and you them, This can be invaluable trust me. Introduce yourself and say if there are any issues with noise or fencing pl get in touch
secondly there’s not much you can do , I say if someone is stopping weekends fine but if it 4 days a week they need to be on the AST for insurance purposes and to minimise risk of a sitting tenant or squatter.
Whatever the law says you will find out its easy for a tenant to invoke but for a landlord its not worth the paper it is written on.
so speak to your tenant, speak to your neighbour and DO NOT upset your tenant. Trust me when a tenant trashes a place it’s not worth it. I had a stupid agent who said they weren’t getting their deposit back before they moved out. Well they broke window frames , blocked toilets, stained carpets , broke sockets etc No longer an agent of course but a word to the wise
It is imperative you keep a good relationship at all costs and a day or two a week is nothing to worry about
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Is the Rent being paid on time ? No complaints from neighbours about excessive noise ? If those are ok id turn a blind eye . The less you know the less you have to worry about .
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Rashmi … Why is this a problem to you ? I presume you have a reason why you would wish to challenge this ?
Having a family member to stay weekly or maybe for in occasional holiday what be normally be regarded as reasonable .
if it is regular you can offer to add the brother to the tenancy agreement as a named “permitted occupier” - but if he is an occasional visitor just accept it so long as he does no damage or does not behave in an antisocial way.
Seeking to prevent family visits making use of a second unused bedroom would be unreasonable behaviour by a landlord!
The wardrobe should of course be removed at the end of the tenancy - but you can’t prevent a tenant brining additional non-fixed items that they own into your premises.
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