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things to check before renting out a room in own house

  • 28-07-2017 3:57pm
    #1
    rizdub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭


    i m thinking of renting a spare room in my house for few months but worried about the potential bad tenant after reading other posts in this forum.

    can you suggest what should i look for before renting my place ? like past referral etc..
    thanks.


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  • #2
    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    Gut instinct should not be ignored. Leave notice periods silent and you can terminate with reasonable notice on a whim.


  • #3
    rizdub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55 ✭✭rizdub


    Thanks for this information.
    we have small kids in the house so want to share with someone responsible and understanding of the surroundings.


  • #4
    Shivers09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭Shivers09


    In a similar situation here - 2 small kids in the house and we've been renting the spare rooms to students for the last couple of years without any major hassles. One thing that's made a huge difference to us is that we've kept our sitting room as our private space. It makes things so much easier, particularly with small kids. We have a large enough kitchen/diner so there's plenty of room to hang around in there and watch tv etc. Would you try taking a shorter term tenant (a month or so), maybe from a language school, and see how you get on before committing to taking someone in for a year?


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