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Room Let / Lodger Agreement England

Use this when you live in the property and you are taking in a lodger. It is kept separate from the normal residential tenancy routes.

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For a room let in the landlord home

This route is for room lets where the landlord is resident in the property and the occupier shares the home. It is intentionally separate from the ordinary residential, student, and HMO/shared-house products.

Lodger is its own England product rather than an edge case squeezed into AST or HMO logic.

People often land here looking for

We keep the page easy to find using the terms landlords actually search for, then point you to the agreement that matches the let in real life.

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What this route covers

  • Resident-landlord room-let route
  • House rules and shared-space detail
  • Separate from the ordinary tenancy routes
  • Guided setup with a preview before payment

How this lines up with the current England rules

  • Keeps the resident-landlord route separate from the main England tenancy products.
  • Captures shared-facility, notice, and house-rule expectations directly in the wizard.
  • Helps avoid treating a lodger arrangement like a normal whole-property tenancy.
  • Use the England hub if you are not sure whether the arrangement is really a lodger setup.

This route is usually right if

  • the landlord lives in the property and the occupier is sharing the home
  • you want a room-let document with house rules, shared-space notes, and licence-style notice detail
  • you want the resident-landlord route kept separate from the normal tenancy and HMO products

Pick a different route if

  • the landlord does not live at the property and the arrangement is really a normal residential tenancy
  • the property is a shared house or HMO with communal sharers but no resident landlord
  • the case is really a whole-property Standard, Premium, or Student tenancy rather than a room let in the landlord home

What you get

The agreement is the main document, but we also include the practical paperwork a landlord usually needs around it.

Room Let / Lodger Agreement

8-13 pages

England resident-landlord lodger agreement for a room let or licence arrangement

Room Let / Lodger Checklist

3-5 pages

Resident-landlord room-let checklist covering handover, house rules, and key practical compliance points.

Keys & Handover Record

3-5 pages

Practical handover record for keys, room access, and move-in confirmations.

Lodger House Rules Appendix

3-5 pages

Resident-landlord appendix for guests, quiet hours, shared-space cleaning, and room hand-back expectations.

Compare England agreement routes

Pick the route that matches the way the property is actually being let. That matters more than old AST language or a vague idea of what sounds more "premium".

England tenancy chooser

If you are unsure whether the arrangement is really a lodger setup, compare it against the full England tenancy-agreement hub first.

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HMO / Shared House

Use HMO / Shared House where the complexity comes from communal sharers and house rules rather than a resident landlord.

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Premium Tenancy Agreement

Use Premium when the let is an ordinary residential tenancy needing fuller drafting, not a room-let licence inside the landlord home.

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England tenancy agreement FAQs

Straight answers on which England agreement to use, what it includes, and how it fits the current rules.

Yes. Lodger is now a dedicated England product for resident-landlord room lets and licence-style arrangements.
Usually no. If the landlord is not resident, compare the Standard, Premium, Student, and HMO / Shared House products instead.
That is not automatically a Lodger case. Use the England chooser and answer the occupation questions so the more suitable tenancy route can be selected.

Choose the England agreement that fits the let

Use the Lodger route when the landlord lives at the property and the occupier is sharing the home. If that is not the setup, compare the other England tenancy products instead.

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