Letting Rooms vs House Share

A property can be rented to multiple Tenants as either on a "room by room" basis or as a collective let known as a House Share. Both types of let may be subject to HMO Licencing and in many parts of England you MUST have planning permisison to let such properties. No licence or Planning you CANNOT let the property

Where the Landlord is definitely resident then a Lodger's agreement should be used.
Where the landlord is NOT resident an AST should be issued. Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement

Letting the Property as individual rooms to a person		Letting the Property as a House Share - One Agreement
Each Tenant has exclusive use of the part of the premises defined within the AST such as “Room 1”. The Tenants can ONLY exclude you from entering their room but not common areas for this, if applied, could be deemed as interfering with the duties of an HMO manager. NOT common for you to be excluded from the premises as they only have 'non exclusive use of common areas'. No EPC is required. Where there is damage in common areas, “Kitchen, bathroom, lounge etc” it		The Tenants as a collective have exclusive control over the whole of the property and are within their rights to exclude the Landlord from the premises. In the event of a dispute the Landlord would commence action against them as a collective/all tenants [not selective], would have to be named on any Notices or court proceedings. With the house being under the exclusive control of the Tenants as a collective, they are liable for all utility bills and council tax. An EPC is required. see members offer