Landlord let himself in.....

real1314

poppysarah wrote: »

CRB protects vulnerable people when they are put in positions of being alone with adults.

I'm fairly certain taxi drivers have to be checked - do you object to that?

I asked you to provide some sort of link to your claim that LLs have to be CRB checked. You haven't done this. Now you're claiming taxi drivers too - again link please, or are you making it up as you go along?

sooz

real1314 wrote: »

I asked you to provide some sort of link to your claim that LLs have to be CRB checked. You haven't done this. Now you're claiming taxi drivers too - again link please, or are you making it up as you go along?

I can't say I've ever heard of all LL's having to be CRB checked. I can't find any information about it on the NLA site either (I am a member & an LL).

All I can find are some companies offering to CRB check HMO LLs, in order to prove that they are 'fit & proper'.

poppysarah

I said "Perhaps in any other line of work the landlord would be expected to be CRB checked. Perhaps all landlords should."

and is there anything wrong with wanting to know that the person who has keys to your home is a "fit and proper" person ?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4528424/Taxi-drivers-do-not-need-full-CRB-checks.html

The way some people kick off about CRB checks you'd think they had something to hide.

sooz

I think it was clutton who suggested that all agents & LLs were required to have CRB checks.

I wouldn't mind, as I have nothing to hide. It would just be another cost that would have to be factored into the level of rent set, & yet another piece of paper to file . But I don't think it is mandatory for all LL's - I certainly can't find any information about it.

I don't think there is anything wrong in wanting to know if your LL is fit & proper, but AFAIK currently the legal requirement to prove this is only for HMO LLs. I'm not one, so not certain, but I don't recall them having to have a CRB check either. I thought it was more of a tick the box exercise somewhere within the huge licencing form..."are you 'fit & proper'", "do you have any criminal convictions" etc,

poppysarah

Manchester has areas with additional licensing requiring CRB checks

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=10084&documentID=718&pageNumber=5

3. you are a 'fit and proper' person

You must supply a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check dated within the last six months. If you have not complied with Housing Act notices in the past we will take this into account.

real1314

poppysarah wrote: »

The way some people kick off about CRB checks you'd think they had something to hide.

Eh?
Still it's in keeping with the thread, anyone who doesn't conform must have something to hide eh? It's almost a godwinesque provocation.

Maybe all tenants should have to provide a CRB too? Maybe the whole world?

I'm not realy sure why Mancheter think a CRB is necessary. Do their own staff who carry out home visits have CRB checks? I doubt it.

poppysarah

Sefton MBC - HMO landlords need CRB check
http://www.nwpoa.co.uk/news_archive.php?start=6
I'm sure they're not alone.

I think there's a thread on landlordzone suggesting tenants be CRB checked.

I would imagine MCC would comply with any rules on CRB'ing staff.

clutton_2

Only landlords in Selectively Licensed Areas and (i think) Landlords of HMOs which need a License have to be CRB checked - most of the inner city parts of Manchester is under Selective Licensing (another money spinner for councils - Manchester charges £450 for a license - AND you have to pay for your own CRB check on top)

Vomityspice

If you have an AST then you legally have 'exclusive possession'. What this mean is your landlord has to ask for permission to enter the flat.

It doesn't matter what the contract says (This is clarified by the case of Street v Mountford (1985) AC 809 Pg.816- google it).

Your landlord may not know this, so it might be better to discuss it with him first. If he is still entering your flat without giving the required notice, get a solicitor (Or CAB should be able to point hi in the right direction legally) to write him a short note. If all else fails, just don't renew your lease.

It could just be he is trying to be uber helpful, and doesn't realise as he has given you a lease, the property isn't his anymore (temporarily). New landlords often get this wrong.....sometimes 'being friendly' can be intrusive.

frugallass

dawsinho wrote: »

How about the original poster grows up and acts like an adult! Pop round to your landlords apartment, have a cup of tea and express your concerns for privacy and that of her daughter etc etc etc

Thanks for your advice (and for your information I am grown up and I do act like an adult for the majority of my life but in this case I was pretty angry and I found it difficult to be civil).