Landlord wants to 'pop in'

TDS_2

pinkshoes wrote: »

...arrange for someone else to collect them on his behalf during this hours.

Thanks. This will be our next offer, if the times we suggest are inconvenient to LL.

TDS_2

tbs624 wrote: »

In the OP's case the visit is to access items belonging to the LL: having agreed to the LL storing them at the property during the tenancy there was always the possibility that s/he'd want access & it would be daft to simply refuse that..

As mentioned in previous post - we've not refused access, we've simply asked that he comes at a time that we are in. Thanks for all the input!

hamblettamaud

this thread is making me angry.

you MUST tell the landlord to remove anything that he is storing in your property.

the landlord MUST agree to come at a time when you are there.

why is this not just common sense?

TDS_2

It seems like common sense to me, but we have now recieved a reply from the LL.

LL does not want to make a seperate journey up to visit at a time when we are in. LL quotes clause 8.1 that he is entitled to inspect the property provided reasonable notice is given. LA has confirmed that T does not have to be present.

None of this is incorrect, but can the T not decline an inspection at times when they are not in - effectively rearrange the 'inspection' for a mutually agreeable time?!

poppysarah

You have a LA? Well take the LL stuff to the LA and tell the LA that you do not give permission for an inspection at this time.

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poppysarah wrote: »

You have a LA? Well take the LL stuff to the LA and tell the LA that you do not give permission for an inspection at this time.

The property is managed by the LL. The LL has contacted the LA that advertised/let the flat, though they have no ongoing involvement.

littlemissmoney

Email Shelter. They will confirm he has no rights to enter without your permission whilst you are out to pick up his stuff. Then forward their reply onto him. They reply very quickly and this has worked for me in the past.

littlemissmoney

Whilst you wait for your reply to Shelter you could send him this to read:

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/advice_topics/renting_and_leasehold/private_tenancies/assured_shorthold_tenancies

Your right to live in your accommodation undisturbed

You have the right to live in your accommodation without being disturbed. You have control over your home so that your landlord and other people cannot freely enter whenever they want to. Your landlord cannot limit or otherwise interfere with your right to live in your home. If your landlord tries to do this s/he may be guilty of harassment, which is against the law.

littlemissmoney

Examples of harassment

Harassment can take a number of different forms, for example:

• entering your home when you are not there, without your permission

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/advice_topics/eviction/harassment_and_illegal_eviction/what_counts_as_harassment


Edit: Sorry, I've just noticed barnaby-bear had already sent you that link.

50plusabit

You do not have to give the landlord access if you do not want to. We have many tenants who uphold this right, and to be perfectly honest with good cause. The only way a ll can enter the property is with a court order. Its legal, its lawful, ans is part of the housing act.
So ll's use this as a means to gain entry to the property. They should not keep personal property in the property. A LL we had kept personal goods in the loft, he went to the house every few months to get "things", thus giving him the opportunity of having a good snoop both up and down stairs.
If I was you I would tell the landlord that you need the space he is using (you are paying for it after all) and you will be leaving his goods in the shed/garage/landing on the day he comes. And therefore you feel that he does not have to enter the flat, and making it easier in future. And change the locks, its not expensive, he he moans about it, you know he has tried to gain entry.