Have our lodgers left us liable for capital gains tax now we want to sell?

My girlfriend and I purchased our house in North London eight years ago.  It has four bedrooms and, since owning it, we rented out the other three rooms to friends and lodgers to help pay the mortgage.  We paid £300,000 for the house and have been told by an estate agent we could potentially sell … Read more

Fashion student, 20, stayed with pensioner, 85, for new Channel 4 experiment Lodgers for Codgers

A 20-year-old who went to stay with a no-nonsense pensioner for a unique experiment has told how she decided to take part because she wanted to dispel the ‘misconception’ among the older generation that people ‘have it easier when they’re younger.’  The Channel 4 programme, Lodgers for Codgers, sees pensioners who live alone paired with … Read more