UK Landlord Forum / Life

Hi,

The mid-term inspection report by the letting agents showed the tenants turned one of the reception rooms into a bedroom.   Are they allowed to do this?

Why would they need to?  Sounds like some sub letting going on to me.  Which is against my AST I have with my tenants.

In theory they can, as long as they're not subletting without permission!

But I agree with Rippy, sounds dodgy.

Using the term one of, would infer there are a minimum of  two.

They are using the space to sleep in. No issue.

This without sounding racist, which is always a precursor to a racist comment, but it's not I promise.... Are the family Indian?

Best of luck.

Racist.

Genuine question...

How can someone turn a living room into a bedroom?

I mean, I understand how someone can turn a living room into a kitchen... you remove the sofa, sideboard, TV etc. and you introduce an oven, a fridge, a dishwasher... a sink.

That's turning one room into another kind of room.

But do you really mean that you had a room that was being used as a living room - and it had a door to enter and exit, it had walls, it had carpets on the floors maybe, a ceiling and some windows... then the Tenants went and moved a bed in there, thus turning it into a bedroom?

I say they can do what they want - it's their home. Unless you mean that something more structural has been done (or, indeed, the aspect of sub-letting) then I cannot see how you have any say in the matter. Secondly, if there is no sub-letting, why might you really care? Is the implication that the house is overcrowded? Maybe they thought the provision of more than one reception room "the tenants turned one of the reception rooms into a bedroom" was wasteful? Who needs more than one reception room? Bedrooms are more useful. 

What you seem to be saying (but you'll correct me if I'm wrong) is that the Tenants have moved some different furniture into a room. You can't stop people from moving furniture around - even if you really, really, really like that chair being in that bay window! If this is what's happened, then you have no say at all, but - of course - they must return it to just as it was upon leaving... which your Inventory will, of course, describe nicely for everyone.

Maybe the tenant installed some mood lighting and mirrors onto the ceiling...

Quote from: boboff on May 16, 2014, 04:33:32 PM
Using the term one of, would infer there are a minimum of  two.

They are using the space to sleep in. No issue.

This without sounding racist, which is always a precursor to a racist comment, but it's not I promise.... Are the family Indian?

Best of luck.

This forum is taking a turn for the worse.  Racism prevalent everywhere.   I thought better of you Boboff, I thought you were at least a closet racist.

I did see a UKIP party Political broadcast and I fear the worst.

I did get a strange urge to ask for a Pint Glass with a handle come to think of it...... I know I better go and watch two hours of Nic Clegg on you-tube to cleanse myself.

I can then return safe in the knowledge that I will have full powers of deceit duplicity and fawning Dave love fully restored.