We have a rental house and planning to rent to students. Bungalow with
three bedrooms upstairs, and a second kitchen and bath in the basement.
There is enough room for two students to live in the large rec room in the
basement. We could put up a divider in that room. Just wondering if
more than 4 students is legal?
lbbs
Usually 1 person per bedroom (2 if they are minors) and 2 in the master
bedroom. The basement can take 2 more. It's the parking that you have to
watch and don't get slammed by the city as having a rooming house.
"van" <vvv@no-spam> wrote in message
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> We have a rental house and planning to rent to students. Bungalow with
> three bedrooms upstairs, and a second kitchen and bath in the basement.
> There is enough room for two students to live in the large rec room in the
> basement. We could put up a divider in that room. Just wondering if
> more than 4 students is legal?
>
>
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> lbbs
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>
I think if it is your house and you are renting it as shared accomodation,
that each renter is entitled to their own room, access to a shared bathroom
and kitchen. I don't think you can rent the basement to two different people
and provide them just a divider. I think you'd have to build two bedrooms,
with the common area being the kitchen and bathroom. You'd have to take one
rent, not two, and the people would have to consent to live together. If you
want two rents, from downstairs you have to have 2 bedrooms, a divider won't
cut it.
It's not that you can't do it. If you want to do it you can see if you are
zoned to run a hostile or boarding house. If not, you can apply for an
exemption, or even re-zoning. But you may not be successful.
And if you are their may be licsences or permits that you would require to
run such and enterprise.
However, if each student wants to have a significant other share their own
space, you have a say. And that is legal. They could even have a child, or
two. But at some point the limit would be decided by the fire marshal. As
there will become an issue to as safety and ability to evacuate the premise.
But with each additional people you allow the renter to share their room,
the more wear an tear, you can charge a bit more for the one room. But you
can't charge the second person a rent. You can also limit the number of
people that can live in the house.
And of course, you can exploit students and run an illegal establishment.
Life is filled with choices, which ones will you make?
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> Usually 1 person per bedroom (2 if they are minors) and 2 in the master
> bedroom. The basement can take 2 more. It's the parking that you have to
> watch and don't get slammed by the city as having a rooming house.
>
>
>
> "van" <vvv@no-spam> wrote in message
> news:1057344434.777932@no-spam
> > We have a rental house and planning to rent to students. Bungalow
with
> > three bedrooms upstairs, and a second kitchen and bath in the basement.
> > There is enough room for two students to live in the large rec room in
the
> > basement. We could put up a divider in that room. Just wondering if
> > more than 4 students is legal?
> >
> >
> >
> > lbbs
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"van" <vvv@no-spam> wrote in message news:<1057344434.777932@no-spam>...
> We have a rental house and planning to rent to students. Bungalow with
> three bedrooms upstairs, and a second kitchen and bath in the basement.
> There is enough room for two students to live in the large rec room in the
> basement. We could put up a divider in that room. Just wondering if
> more than 4 students is legal?
>
>
>
> lbbs
I think it depends on local laws. In the area where I live, NORCAL,
it is 2 adults per bedroom + 1 additional person (in theory they could
sleep in the living room). Check with the city or county where you
live.
Being a professional student and all, I have seen many a times where 5 =
students have shared a house (even without a second kitchen in the =
basement). I have seen it where each student occupies 1 of the 3 =
bedrooms upstairs, another takes the basement and depending on the =
layout of the house, the living room has been converted into a bedroom. =
Instead of looking at it as 5 students renting the place, look at it as =
5 people living/sharing a house. Is that illegal? No. What is =
important is when you are renting out your space, make sure that each =
person knows about the living arrangements and how many people are =
going to be sharing the accomodation. For example, if your basement is =
large enough for 2 people to share, you may get a lot of replies from =
couples who are non-students or even a mother with a child who is =
looking for low-income housing. These sorts of situations may not be =
appropriate for individuals who are non-students. When it comes time =
for students to choose their living arrangements they realize that you =
have to pay for space and privacy. The more people in the house, the =
cheaper it is. Given that many students are looking for accomodations, =
you should try renting the upstairs and downstairs out as one space =
instead of trying to rent each room individually. Chances are, you may =
get 3-5 friends looking for a place and there may be less opportunity =
for problems down the road (i.e. strangers not getting along with one =
another, having 4-5 separate rental agreements, etc.)
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bachelor
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not
breaking any city bylaws, another option is to
contact the university and colleges for advice on renting to students =
they
may have more info, and also posting it with the student registries
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basement.
> There is enough room for two students to live in the large rec room =
in the
> basement. We could put up a divider in that room. Just =
wondering if
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