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Postby Clitheroekid » January 6th, 2020, 11:31 pm
I would tend to agree with the other posters who have said that allowing your nephew to live there is potentially opening a can of worms. However, I can also understand your wish not to appear to be acting unreasonably.
On the face of it, if you were to allow your nephew to live there rent-free it would, under English (and, I think, Scottish) law, amount to a `licence'. This confers virtually no legal rights on the licensee. However, if he were to pay the outgoings, thereby relieving your mother of expenditure, it could be seen as a form of rent, so that a tenancy was inadvertently created.
It seems to me that the best solution for all concerned would be to put the house on the market immediately. I can see no benefit to anyone by delaying doing so, and it would also provide a very simple justification (though I can't see that any is needed) for refusing to allow the nephew into occupation.