Getting rid of a lodger

So far I have only focussed on the positive side of having lodgers, keeping them insured and so on. Today I’m going to talk about when it all goes wrong and you need to get rid of your lodger. Before you go rushing around and kicking people out you need to carefully how to get rid of a lodger the right way and not get yourself into any legal hot water.

Regardless of how much they may have annoyed you or upset you, you still need to be careful in the way you get rid of them and you cannot simply throw all their stuff out on the street and expect them to find somewhere over night. Not only is this a little morally wrong(you don’t want them living on the street!) but also if their possessions were to get damaged or stolen then you may be held liable.

Because a lodger is simply sharing your home then you shouldn’t require any formal court order to remove them (although if you have a written contract then read this since you may have inserted certain points) but you will however still need to give them written notice and give them a reasonable amount of time to find somewhere else to live, this is usually a period of 28 days unless they have behaved particularly badly in which case a shorter notice period may be acceptable.