Tenant burgled. Police say they used a key!!

olly300

romanempire wrote: »

As I'll probably become a tenant in the near future I've every intention of changing the locks as soon as I move in to whatever I rent (reinstating the originals at the end of the tenancy of course). Call me paranoid but I'm not trusting the previous tenants (or the landlord for that matter).

If you don't trust the landlord then don't move into the property as you are setting yourself up for grief.

barnaby-bear

mandi wrote: »

or had an extra set cut ??..I think its in your best interest to change ALL the locks front & back ( expensive I know , soree )

Many tenants take a copy and use those, so if they do lose them they don't pay for replacements.... I myself changed the barrels in a rental and one day found a key to the old barrels stuck in the back door lock.... :eek: it was a nightmare to get out - put the old barrels back in when I left and the house was sold to owner occupiers still pop by to see the neighbours and the old locks are still there and this was a house rented out for over a decade - why people don't change the locks

barnaby-bear

romanempire wrote: »

As I'll probably become a tenant in the near future I've every intention of changing the locks as soon as I move in to whatever I rent (reinstating the originals at the end of the tenancy of course). Call me paranoid but I'm not trusting the previous tenants (or the landlord for that matter).

My thoughts exactly - don't trust the LAs to manage to arrange notice of entry, nor their revolving door of staff.....

barnaby-bear

foi1983 wrote: »

As a tenant, I would expect the landlord to change the locks every time a new tenant moves in or else anyone could enter the property.

How would you feel if someone else had keys to your house? It doesnt matter if previous tenants handed the keys back. How easy is it to cut extra keys?

Why are the current tenants automatically to blame? I would blame the landlord as they havent changed the locks at all whilst renting the property out to various people.

Or even just swap them around - I was too tight to buy new barrels and had a friend in another rental (who I trust) so we swapped....

poppy10_2

I always get a spare set of keys cut before I hand them back at the end of a tenancy. Not sure why, just in case I forget something

N79

barnaby-bear wrote: »

Or even just swap them around - I was too tight to buy new barrels and had a friend in another rental (who I trust) so we swapped....

Thats what I do - I have a few spare and just cycle the locks through the properties. I only change 1 lock leaving the security deadlocks the same. It stops access by previous Ts.

foi1983

poppy10 wrote: »

I always get a spare set of keys cut before I hand them back at the end of a tenancy. Not sure why, just in case I forget something

Are you serious?

Sorry mate but once you vacant the premises it is not your right to re-enter just because you left something. You should think about that before you vacate.

simpywimpy

foi1983 wrote: »

As a tenant, I would expect the landlord to change the locks every time a new tenant moves in or else anyone could enter the property.

How would you feel if someone else had keys to your house? It doesnt matter if previous tenants handed the keys back. How easy is it to cut extra keys?

Why are the current tenants automatically to blame? I would blame the landlord as they havent changed the locks at all whilst renting the property out to various people.

This is the first time I have rented the property out myself but I believe the previous owner of the property did some time ago. As I said, Ive owned the property two years now without any prblems at all.

caljoemor

poppy10 wrote: »

I always get a spare set of keys cut before I hand them back at the end of a tenancy. Not sure why, just in case I forget something

If you did forget something and new tenants had moved in would you just use your keys to gain entry???

foi1983

caljoemor wrote: »

If you did forget something and new tenants had moved in would you just use your keys to gain entry???

My point exactly!

If I was a new tenant and a previous tenant let themselves in because they "forgot something", I would chuck you out, call the police and let my landlord know that this rubbish is not acceptable.