My understanding was that, roughly, if you pay a regular payment as rent for a property then you have an AST - whether the contract says so or not. This is mai

My understanding was that, roughly, if you pay a regular payment as rent for a property then you have an AST - whether the contract says so or not. This is mainly in the context of house/flat rentals though; I realise that perhaps per-room rentals may have special cases.