Making money from your home

Properties can be used to bring in extra revenue even if you live in them. Renting a spare room is the obvious way to increase a household income and while income from a lodger may affect some benefits it doesn’t affect Universal Credit, though you do have to tell Universal Credit of your increase income.
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A good guide can be found at...
https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/repossession/taking_in_a_lodger_if_you_have_a_mortgage     

Driveways & Garages
Likewise, you can rent out driveways and garages, but do be careful as using a driveway for commercial parking or a garage for storage could be seen as a change of the residential use of the property, so do check with the local planning authority first or call us at L & N for an assessment.  

Outbuildings or annexes 
If you have the space, it is also possible to create outbuildings or annexes for rent, but these buildings would have to be used in conjunction with the main house and not completely separately.

Filming location
If you have an unusual or quirky property then do check out filming companies as they often have a portfolio of houses, they use in filming programmes, particularly if they are good examples of period properties. 

Camping Glamping
If you are lucky enough to have separate land, then some land can have a change of use for up to 28 days per calendar year without needing planning permission so weekend glamping/camping etc can be undertaken throughout the summer.

​If you’d like to chat about whether your house can be used to raise income then do get in touch.    

Contact me
If you'd like to speak to me about any of the above you can give me a call or send me a message and I'd be happy to help.

Call me on  01273 245234  
​or send me an email