Help!!!

[Zammo]

I've just bought a flat and have rent ed out my spare room so it's now a flatshare. Before my flatmate moved in he said he had rent and a deposit at the ready. I had quite a bit of interest in the flat but decided to go with him bcoz we have a mutual friend. Anyway he gave me his rent but didn't giv me a deposit and now i don't have the bottle to ask so i'm now trying to forget about that. I think maybe he thought he didn;t need to bcoz we have a mutual friend so i should automatically trust him or maybe he thought bcoz i'm living in the flat he's going to be respectful towards my belongings...oh i don't know. My problem now is i'm going to be paying an estimated gas and elec bill every month which is probably not going to be enough (i'm paying the minimum) so at the end of my term i'll probably have to pay extra so not sure what i should charge my flatmate and is he expected to pay half the factoring fee or is that down to me, the landlord?

[Ice.Maiden]

Tell - or write him a note and tell - him that his deposit's long over-due. He has the choice of foregoing that and paying all the gas and electric bills, or he stumps up the deposit and then pays half of whatever comes in, in future.

[terambulan]

you better get a back-bone or you will be taken advantage of.

If the flat is mortgaged you need consent from the mortgagees to sub-let. Find an excuse to dispose of this tenant as its a bad start and can only get worse.

[Twenty20]

Did you send this question in by text?

bcoz?

[Zammo]

Yeah the mortgagees know that I have rental income coming in. Thanks so far for all the advice.

[luxury]

Hi Zammo,

I used to rent out my spare room to students. The rent was inclusive of bills and council tax and all other expenses I incurred as the owner.

I charged 100 a week.

I had maintenance charges, the mortgage, gas and electric. Water rates and council tax. All in my name as I was the owner.

You really must work out the extra expenses and up the payment you are making to the utilities. Have you let the council know you no longer are a single occupancy and now must pay the full tax and not the single rate?

Best of luck.

L.

[iwishman]

As previous advice, stand up and confront this person but be diplomatice and sensible and give the facts, but overall record every thing you say and discuss as you may need to fall back on it.

[evedawn]

just ask him nicely...after all if he's a decent guy he will probably be just as embarassed as you are at the misunderstanding.

[CrazyCathy]

He may have genuinely forgotten??? But i doubt it probably does think it's cos you have a friend in common.

If you don't sort this out you might find further complications later on

[Jenga]

I think you should mention it. I was giving someone a lift to work and suggested at the start they chipped in for petrol. I had to remind them when after a week they still had not got their lift money out.

[bushbaby_de]

If someone is a live in lodger rather than a tenant I didn't think you could take a deposit?