Daughter living in a room in my property

[Tray71]

I am thinking of buying a property for my daughter going to college in September , if my daughter lives in one room can I let the other rooms and the people living in the other rooms are licencees and not tenants I don’t want my daughter to end up living with people that may not turn out nice and not be able to get the out, can it still be considered an owner occupier property if my daughter lives there ?

 

[DannyBoyD]

still be considered an owner occupier property if my daughter lives there

Well you're the owner and you're not occupying it.

Simple answer is to have your daughter as your tenant & let her pick people to share. They are her guests and can be asked to leave at any time.

 

[skrooge]

You won't be living there so you'll be on thin ice trying to convince anyone (PRTB) the people renting are licensees and not your tenants.

However, if it were your daughter's primary residence she could sublet to the others.

Here's a previous discussion on the topic

Already owned rental property and daughter going to University

We own a six bed rental property in university area which is currently let to foreign students. The monthly rent is 6 x 780. This tenancy is registered with the RTB. We have mortgage with monthly interest of about 900/month that we expense against the rental income. Now our daughter is at...

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