Does it have to be an AST for a household tenant? What about a weekly common law tenancy instead, surely a weeks notice is all that's then required.

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:52, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

it all depends on which parts of the house you share with them, if any, and whether it is the landlord's principal home
so in vipros' case, if they actually share a bathroom, kitchen etc (i assumed by "lodger" he meant they had an annexe or something, but if he's actually sharing the same house, then it would be excluded) and it was vipros' principal home before the agreement, then the PEA would not apply.

it's v technical and v v dull but can be v v v important.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:56, Reply)

my house, he's renting a room and sharing the bathroom

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:58, Reply)

you can boot him out with impunity then...

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 15:59, Reply)

huzzah!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 18 Jul 2011, 16:00, Reply)