Hi Uncle Monty
Thanks for your reply. How might it come back and haunt me? Also, getting utilities in my name probably isn't any use unless I'm paying it from my account?
Can I ask what your background is?
I can't work until I get my NIN, which, frustratingly, is going to take another four weeks according to the Jobcentre people. Have a doctor's appointment for June. No NHS dentists in area. Have registered to vote. Use my bank card at least 4 days a week.
It's the utilities that are proving the problem. And, as far as I can see, the only difference between the lodger agreement and an assured shorthold tenancy contract is in the former, the landlord lives there and the latter the landlord doesn't. If anyone can confirm this, that would be great.