What do “domestic residential purposes” and “household group” in P8/A8 of the House Code mean?
These are the key phrases that define a building as a House and are related to the phrase “domestic group” in City Plan’s definition of a House. These phrases indicate that the group occupying the house arrange their affairs in a domestic way. For example, rent or mortgage, bills or other household expenses are collectively shared by co-tenants in equal or relative proportions with no one party profiting from another. In a rental situation, either one or all the occupant’s names may be on the lease. A sub-tenancy agreement between a lessee and another party not shown on the lease is usually considered a domestic arrangement. You may be asked to provide this evidence if compliance with the Code is in doubt. A non-domestic arrangement is one where an owner or agent has individual contracts with each tenant, giving them a right to occupy separate parts of the building and profits from the taking of rent. These are considered as individual discrete households and not one household group ac
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