diff --git a/app/bucketlist/bucketlist_controller.py b/app/bucketlist/bucketlist_controller.py
index 7231ede..693b167 100644
--- a/app/bucketlist/bucketlist_controller.py
+++ b/app/bucketlist/bucketlist_controller.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def change_bucketlist_details(self, target_bucketlist, new_bucketlist_descriptio
 
     def delete_bucketlist(self, bucketlist):
         ''' Functionality to delete bucketlist '''
-        target_bucketlist = bucketlist
+        target_bucketlist = bucketlist.name
         self.available_bucketlists.remove(bucketlist.name)
         bucketlist.name = None
         return "Successfully deleted {} bucketlist".format(target_bucketlist)
diff --git a/app/tests/test_user.py b/app/tests/test_user.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..387068a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/tests/test_user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# Tests for the class user
+
+import unittest
+from app.user.user import User
+from app.bucketlist.bucketlist_controller import BucketListController
+from app.bucketlist.bucketlist import BucketList
+
+
+class TestUser(unittest.TestCase):
+  '''
+    A user is a bucketlist controller
+    A user is has a name, email and password
+    A user can do everything a bucketlist controller does
+  '''
+
+  def setUp(self):
+    ''' Set up reusable variables and instances '''
+    self.user_details = ("jnlemayian@gmail.com", "Password", "James Lemayian")
+    self.user_instance = User(*self.user_details)
+    self.bucketlist_details = ("ItemName", "Description: optional")
+    self.bucketlist = BucketList(*self.bucketlist_details, owner=self.user_details[0])
+
+  # 1. Test structure and user instance creation
+  def test_user_inherits_bucketlistcontroler(self):
+    ''' Test that user inherits bucketlist controller '''
+    # Assert that it's a user instance
+    self.assertEqual(isinstance(self.user_instance, User), True)
+    # Assert that it's also a bucketlist controller instance
+    self.assertEqual(isinstance(self.user_instance, BucketListController), True)
+
+  def test_user_has_all_properties(self):
+    ''' Ensure user has name, email, password '''
+    self.assertEqual(self.user_instance.name, self.user_details[2])
+    self.assertEqual(self.user_instance.email, self.user_details[0])
+    self.assertEqual(self.user_instance.password, self.user_details[1])
+
+  def test_user_representation(self):
+    ''' Assert that __repr__ function returns a useful object representation '''
+    self.assertEqual(str(self.user_instance), "James Lemayian")
+
+  ## The user is just an extension of the bucketlist controller
+  # 2. Test bucketlist controller operations
+  def test_user_can_create_bucketlist(self):
+      ''' Asserting that a user can create a bucketlist '''
+      new_bucketlist_details = ("NewName", "Description: Optional")
+      new_bucketlist = self.user_instance.add_bucketlist(new_bucketlist_details)
+      self.assertEqual(isinstance(new_bucketlist[0], BucketList), True)
+      self.assertEqual(new_bucketlist_details[0] in self.user_instance.available_bucketlists, True)
+      self.assertEqual(new_bucketlist[1], "{} bucketlist has been created".format(new_bucketlist_details[0]))
+
+  def test_user_instance_can_update_bucketlist(self):
+      ''' Asserting that user can change bucketlist details '''
+      # rename, change details
+      new_name, new_description = "NewBucket", "NewDetails: This is new"
+      old_name = self.bucketlist.name
+      rename = self.user_instance.rename_bucketlist(self.bucketlist, new_name)
+      self.assertEqual(rename, "{} bucketlist has been renamed to {}".format(old_name, new_name))
+      self.assertEqual(self.bucketlist.name, new_name)
+      change_details = self.user_instance.change_bucketlist_details(self.bucketlist, new_description)
+      self.assertEqual(change_details, "{} has been updated accordingly".format(self.bucketlist.name))
+      self.assertEqual(self.bucketlist.description, new_description)
+
+  def test_user_instance_can_delete_bucketlist(self):
+      ''' Asserting that a user can delete a bucketlist '''
+      # add set up test bucketlist to list of available bucketlists
+      self.user_instance.available_bucketlists.append(self.bucketlist.name)
+      # capture bucketlist name before deleting it
+      bucketlist_name = self.bucketlist.name
+      self.assertEqual(self.bucketlist.name in self.user_instance.available_bucketlists, True)
+      delete_bucketlist = self.user_instance.delete_bucketlist(self.bucketlist)
+      self.assertEqual(delete_bucketlist, "Successfully deleted {} bucketlist".format(bucketlist_name))
+      self.assertEqual(self.bucketlist.name not in self.user_instance.available_bucketlists, True)
+      self.assertEqual(str(self.bucketlist), 'Bucketlist does not exist')
diff --git a/app/user/__init__.py b/app/user/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/app/user/user.py b/app/user/user.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afe8ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/user/user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Modelling a user
+# A user is a bucketlist controller so,
+
+from app.bucketlist.bucketlist_controller import BucketListController
+
+class User(BucketListController):
+  ''' A user who is also a bucketlist controller '''
+  def __init__(self, email, password, name):
+    ''' Construct an instance of a user '''
+    BucketListController.__init__(self, email)
+    self.name = name
+    self.email = email
+    self.password = password
+
+  def __repr__(self):
+    ''' A representation of the user object '''
+    return "{}".format(self.name)
+