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vendor still has a set of keys

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  • Mutton_Geoff
    Mutton_Geoff Posts: 4,021 Forumite
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    Sharon's got a point. Burglary with no sign of forced entry? Your insurance may not pay out.
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  • Kavanne
    Kavanne Posts: 5,093 Forumite
    I called the locksmiths in the day after we completed on my house as the vendor didn't even give me one full set of keys!!!

    She didn't give me the 5 lever key for the front door or the garage.... they'd just left them unlocked...
    Kavanne
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  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    Agree, change all the locks - and if you've got one - the codes on the burglar alarm.
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  • brightonman123
    brightonman123 Posts: 8,535 Forumite
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    do you have vendor's forwarding address, for mail? you coud write direct, or contact their lawyers - details would be in the purchase contract?
    Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
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  • Debt_Free_Chick
    Debt_Free_Chick Posts: 13,276 Forumite
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    clivoclivo wrote: »
    but am currently holding off doing that as I have too many people (builders and decorators) in and out the flat.

    And so did the vendor in the years when they owned the property. For this reason, I arrange for a locksmith to attend on the day I complete to change the locks. You just never know who had a key in the past ...... ;)
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  • markelock
    markelock Posts: 1,735 Forumite
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    changed ours shortly after moving in, because we did know who had been there previously!!!
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  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,249 Forumite
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    Mutton_Geoff wrote: »
    Legge appear to be a tough lock

    Yale are like soft brass to drill through. The lock barrel is tough, but if you know where to drill two holes, you can pop a Yale out in a few seconds :cool:

    Where the two screws connect on the inside, at a guess?

    In answer to the OP, he doesn't need to go to the expense of new locks. For Yale type loks, just buy a new barrel part, which costs around a tenner. For Chubb type locks, you can buy new levers to go inside. Or take the lock to a proper locksmith (not Timpsons!) and ask him to swap the levers into a new order and cut you some keys to match.
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  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,249 Forumite
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    I'm amazed at people calling out locksmiths. This is about the simplest DIY job you can do.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Airwolf1
    Airwolf1 Posts: 1,266 Forumite
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    Whenever I move house, I always change the locks. the locks for u.P.V.C doors can be bought at Wickes, Howdens, B & Q etc. Take yours out and get one the same size.
    My suggestion and/or advice is my own and it is up to you if you follow it, please check the advice given before acting on it.
  • Kavanne
    Kavanne Posts: 5,093 Forumite
    GDB2222 wrote: »
    I'm amazed at people calling out locksmiths. This is about the simplest DIY job you can do.
    Sorry I would rather have it done right and at that time I didn't have the time to teach myself.
    Kavanne
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    'I do my job, do you do yours?'
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