A licence for a live-in nanny, housekeeper or carer to occupy a room in the employer’s home as part of their job – rooms and shared areas, house rules, privacy, guests, meals, bills, the accommodation offset, inventory and condition, and leaving when employment ends.
Employing a nanny or domestic staff
Live-In Staff Accommodation Agreement (Licence to Occupy)
About this document
Live-in household staff usually occupy their room under a licence linked to their employment, not a tenancy. Setting out the arrangements in writing helps both sides – covering privacy, house rules, guests and what happens to the room when the job ends. It also records how the accommodation is treated for National Minimum Wage purposes.
The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.
Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.
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Employing a nanny or domestic staff
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