A landlord who slept in the house in which he rented a room to a tenant was determined to be a resident landlord, despite spending most of his time in a property he owned next door.
A landlord granted a tenancy of a room in his house. The slept in this house, but spent a lot of time in a neighbouring property that he also owned and for which he was on the electoral role.
The landlord informed the tenant that he needed the room from the a date the following month, and nine days after that month he evicted her and threw her belongings on to the pavement outside. He had not obtained a possession order from the court.
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