If I Rent A Room Out In My House Does The Law Say The Deposit Has To Be Placed With

[Suetheramble]

a deposit safety company?

[DJHawkes]

go into smiths and buy a lodger agreement, it has all the legal stuff in with it.

[mojay]

doubt it- I think that would relate to letting a property rather than a room in your house

[Suetheramble]

Thanks but if anyone knows the answer I would be grateful

[buildersmate]

The answer is 'no'. Deposits only have to be placed in the approved scheme if it is a short term assured tenancy - not what you are doing with rent a room.

Page 19 of this document told me that.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/11893/151564.pdf

[vodkancoke]

I rent out one of my rooms out and I don't bother.

[IggyB]

A deposit protection scheme is only applicable where a property is rented via a shorthold tenancy agreement. This is not usually how a room would be rented within the landlords own home - in this situation the lodger would be an excluded occupier.

These sites might be of interest:
https://www.gov.uk/tenancy-deposit-protection/overview

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/renting_and_leasehold/private_tenancies/excluded_occupiers

[buildersmate]

The question wasn't whether you bothered. It was whether is it necessary in law.

[vodkancoke]

Apologies, what I should have said was "no" :)

[Suetheramble]

Thank you for your help