Landlord keeps entering locked room

Catblue

coldblue wrote: »

I rent two rooms. I know for a fact he enters my bedroom not sure about the other room. I dont live alone, there are a couple of guys here too but dont think he goes into there rooms.

Is the boiler located in your bedroom or something?

Can you swap rooms with one of the guys?

hamblettamaud

look, just tell him that if he wants to poke around your mattress he needs to do it while you are there. he needs to make an arrangement with you that you both be there at a specific time. otherwise he looks like a knicker-sniffer. tell him he doesn't have a choice. i would hate to be in this situation. ask him why he needs to do this while you are not there. for god's sake, embarrass him into giving you an answer.

Jowo_2

A boiler in a bedroom? Eek.

Hope you've seen a gas safety certificate for it?

hayley11

He is definitely not allowed to enter your room. He's not even allowed to enter the house without permission from the tenants. I would do as others have suggested, contact the police and see what they say.

Maybe get a chain lock on your bedroom door for a night?

clutton_2

why not write him a letter first of all - saying that you are unhappy that he feels able to come into your private room when you are not there; explain that you are more than happy for him to make an appointement and come in and do a 6 monthly inspection while you are there, and you are happy for the Gas Engineer to make an appointment to come and work on/inspect the boiler, but, that tenants are entitled to Quiet ENjoyment - which means that he is not allowed to wander willynilly into your rooms.

zzzLazyDaisy

You said the landlord used to live there when you first moved in, but doesn't now. Did he move out completely taking all his personal belongings with him?

Did he keep a room for himself at the house or are all the rooms rented out?

Are there other tenants in the house?

Do you have a written tenancy agreement?

Do you pay council tax and bills, or is that the landlord's responsibility?

(Just trying to get a handle on the type of tenancy this is)

Mutton_Geoff

He's not allowed to enter the house without written permission from you, let alone go into locked bedrooms

Depends on what type of agreement this is. Not enough detail so answering Lazy Daisy's questions will help. It could be a rent a room thing and just so happens the landlord isn't at home much in which case the law is very different.

You don't need to give written permission even on an AST.

Have there been any problems with the boiler at all?

To help with the other issues, how about a small strip of discreetly place Sellotape across your draws/cupboards to see if they've been opened.

I think if you are considering involving the police or installing alarms or cameras it would be better to move somewhere more comfortable as you can safely say your relationship with the landlord will be wrecked once the police have been round whether he's guilty or not.

not_loaded

There are plenty of decent landlords around. This one sounds weird, as a boiler problem should be fixed full stop, NOT needing visit after visit.

My daughters only came across one weirdo in all their renting. I moved them out pronto. As a bloke I can assure you that some men are very very weird and see nothing wrong in their ‘activities’.

Sod the sellotape - move out!

suzi23_2

It depends entirely on your contract how often a landlord can enter, but they must always give notice (usually it says 'reasonable notice' - but that's different for everyone - reasonable for me would be about 10 years!).

If it's bad, move out, assuming you can.

Otherwise, do what I do every place I rent. On the first day I move in I change the locks. When I move out I change them back. That way only you have keys. If he threatens to take you to court or anything over it (I've never had that, but yours sounds like a bit of a nutter), you'll always win because he must give you notice and you can always be there to let him in (meaning he does *not* need keys, which is what he'll claim). Remember he's supposed to have a reason to enter (eg to fix a broken this or that), and as he must give you notice, you will always have the option of being there. I've always done this, more than a dozen times now, and never had any trouble beyond them asking for a key, which I just say "if you want in I'll be there to let you in" to. Hope this helps and hope you can get your own place sometime (wish I could).

Tamsin_Temrin

He's a pervert - in my opinion

Count your knickers and move out