Landlord / experienced tenant opinion please!**UPDATE-LL ENTERED HOUSE ILLEGALLY?**

emsywoo123

Thank you Lavendyr, 100 times thank you for getting what I have been trying to say and putting it far better than I did!

Cat695

trust me he will get you out any (legal) way he can if you report him to the police

because as i see it (and from the look at other posts most other people) the guy did his job...and your complaining....which i fully understand....but he still did his job.

Why can't you see that? just change your locks and ring the guy up...easy

or report him to the police and become homeless pretty quickly

the choice is yours

Lavendyr

emsywoo123 wrote: »

cannot serve a sec 21 as i understand as not protected deposit?

emsywoo, as I understand it, he can serve one, but legislation means that if the deposit has not been correctly protected in one of the schemes (and if you have not been informed about the details of this within 14 days of the deposit being protected), the S21 would be invalid. Should he seek possession through the courts following such an S21, the judge would not grant it because of the failure relating to registration of the deposit.

emsywoo123

Cat695 wrote: »

trust me he will get you out any (legal) way he can if you report him to the police

because as i see it (and from the look at other posts most other people) the guy did his jobno, he did not....and your complaining....which i fully understand....but he still did his job.

Why can't you see that?And why can you not see that what he did was wrong? just change your locks because I am not allowed to? and ring the guy up...easy

or report him to the police and become homeless pretty quickly

the choice is yours

I was not planning to call the police, and how would that result in homelessness? Jsut curiosity, I am not planning on doing it!

sarahlouise210

I really feel that you may be cutting your nose off to spite your face if you complain to him! What did he do that was so wrong ? You asked him to come round and mend your toilet and agreed he could let himself in ....I am sure he will not have done that without first knocking and giving you the chance to let him in. He sounds like a good LL to me ..... at least he probably thinks he is!

emsywoo123

Lavendyr wrote: »

emsywoo, as I understand it, he can serve one, but legislation means that if the deposit has not been correctly protected in one of the schemes (and if you have not been informed about the details of this within 14 days of the deposit being protected), the S21 would be invalid. Should he seek possession through the courts following such an S21, the judge would not grant it because of the failure relating to registration of the deposit.

Thank you, I do hope I enver get to that point though!

emsywoo123

sarahlouise210 wrote: »

I really feel that you may be cutting your nose off to spite your face if you complain to him! What did he do that was so wrong ? You asked him to come round and mend your toilet and agreed he could let himself in ....I am sure he will not have done that without first knocking and giving you the chance to let him in. He sounds like a good LL to me ..... at least he probably thinks he is!

please read post 31, as it explains everything that I have been trying to say very clearly!

sarahlouise210

emsywoo123 wrote: »

please read post 31, as it explains everything that I have been trying to say very clearly!

I have read it - I just think you are over - reacting and that the LL thought he was doing you a favour by coming earlier ......

emsywoo123

sarahlouise210 wrote: »

I have read it - I just think you are over - reacting and that the LL thought he was doing you a favour by coming earlier ......

which is ridiculous. we had an appointment. he should have stuck to it. or why didnt he call before? he apparently made the journey to sort it particularly, so it was not a spur of the moment thing.
Would I still be over-reacting if I had started this thread with.....
I was in the bath and the LL walked in unannounced?

milliebear00001

I am really surprised at the flak you're getting here! I have two children and would hate anyone (even if he is my landlord) to enter my home without specific agreement - and that means on the right day at the agreed time. As you say, you don't know the bloke from Adam - why on Earth would you want him wandering around your home when you aren't there?!

I'm not suggesting your landlord was malicious, just that (like many, many) landlords) he fails to realise that his house is your, and your daughter's, HOME. I would probably have mentioned that I'd have preferred to be present when he entered the house, but not made a big deal of it. Given the time lapse though, I would now be tempted to wait and see if it happens again, and consider checking out the legal position on lock changing.

Take care.