How shared tenancies are actually structured: joint and several liability, tenant versus subtenant versus lodger, who signs what, and how a shared tenancy ends.https://roomagreement.org/https://roomagreement.org/blogs/how-a-shared-tenancy-ends/https://roomagreement.org/blogs/how-a-shared-tenancy-ends/Expiry, notice, surrender, removal — four different mechanisms with different consequences, and one of them can be triggered by a single housemate.Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTendingnoticeleasehttps://roomagreement.org/blogs/is-a-roommate-agreement-binding/https://roomagreement.org/blogs/is-a-roommate-agreement-binding/Usually yes, between the people who signed it — and usually not against the landlord. Those two answers are what the question is really asking.Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTagreementsliabilitycategorieshttps://roomagreement.org/blogs/whose-name-is-on-the-lease/https://roomagreement.org/blogs/whose-name-is-on-the-lease/Being party to a tenancy and living in the property are different things. The gap between them explains most of what happens when a houseshare changes.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTleasecategoriesliabilityhttps://roomagreement.org/blogs/joint-and-several-liability/https://roomagreement.org/blogs/joint-and-several-liability/Four names on one tenancy usually means each person can be pursued for the whole rent, not a quarter of it. The mechanism, and what follows from it.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTliabilityleasehttps://roomagreement.org/blogs/tenant-subtenant-lodger/https://roomagreement.org/blogs/tenant-subtenant-lodger/Three positions with different consequences — and in most systems the label in the document does not settle which one you are. The facts of occupation do.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTcategoriesleasesubletting