When you are renting out a room, you are renting out a room in a property you own but do not live in. Under a room rental agreement: the owner will not live at the property the tenant has the right to use a bedroom at the property, and the tenant has the right to use other rooms along with other tenants When you are renting out a room in your own home, you will be granting a lodger the right to use a spare room in the property you live in. Under a lodger agreement the owner will live at the property and the lodger is given use of a bedroom and has the right with the owner to use other areas in the property such as a bathroom, kitchen and garden. For more information, read Taking in a lodger.