Landlord wants entry, has given notice but I'm not happy with date

Emma1973

you have the right to quiet enjoyment of the place you are renting and I think they can only visit without your agreement in an emergency

you have the right to quiet enjoyment of the place you are renting and I think they can only visit without your agreement in an emergency

Only if the rent is paid

Not true, tenants have right till quiet enjoyment up until the moment the bailiff turn up, it is not dependent on whether they have paid their rent.

franklee

clutton wrote: »

changing locks when OP is about to leave ?? what mad advice ...

OP says its inconvenient yet is given the advice "" Or stay in with the chain/internal bolt or whatever on " ???? how silly - if OP is going to be in then just get the inspection over and done with -

Clutton the OP had said they don't want the inspection on that day and given reasons. Now you may think the reasons silly but it is a choice the OP can make.

The agent has confirmed that they will let themselves in anyway, so I was suggesting what the OP can do if they want to stick to not having the inspection. Being in doens't mean the OP is ready for an inspection, if the furniture is disassembled and all over the floor. Or the OP could be busy indoors, in the shower even and so putting the bolt on before then is a sensible precaution as the OP has rejected the appointment and the agent has said they are comming to let themselves in anyway. Sorry but I don't see why that's mad advice The OP has said they are in a rush to meet the container deadline, which I can sympathise with having been up till three in the mornings etc. packing when I move.

RobertoMoir

woody01 wrote: »

Only if the rent is paid.
They are actually thinking of witholding the rent.
This is why is looks like they are going to do a disappearing act. The landlord knows this and is the reason he is coming 'ready or not'.

I would do the same if someone was about to rip me off.

I understand why people such as yourself and the landlord feel that way, but the problem with that is that two wrongs still don't make a right. The tennant shouldn't withold rent and the landlord shouldn't be entering the property without permission. Two seperate issues.

RobertoMoir

clutton wrote: »

changing locks when OP is about to leave ?? what mad advice ...

OP says its inconvenient yet is given the advice "" Or stay in with the chain/internal bolt or whatever on " ???? how silly - if OP is going to be in then just get the inspection over and done with -

Well this comes back to my comment that the landlord and the OP seem to be in a p*ssing contest and neither has any real reason for their actions outside of their little arguement. The OP assures us this isn't the case but with the greatest of respect to them I have my doubts.

mchale

I was knocking on the door at the agreed appointment time, and I thought I could smell gas so I let myself in to check it was not a leak. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:


let the OP argue over that

cdmonline

Well, it has certainly been interesting reading through some of the advice given here. I was contacted today by the letting agency (the sales department as opposed to the property management department). They have, naturally enough, been marketing the property and have a potential viewer that wants to see the property and they've asked when they can come by to show it to them. I explained to the nice man the current situation. With everything all over the place, and boxes stacked here and there, it would be a bad idea to show the property. Indeed it would be near enough impossible to get into some rooms. However, I explained that I would be more than happy to by the end of next week, after the removal lorry has been and taken everything away. The garden will by then be clean and tidy, I will have cleaned the house up and it would be much more 'viewable'. Although he pressed for an earlier viewing, he did eventaully agree to later next week. If the sales department can accept the notion of an inconvenient visit, why can't the property management department? - CD

vikingaero

cdmonline wrote: »

If the sales department can accept the notion of an inconvenient visit, why can't the property management department? - CD

Because the property management department are lazy arrogant gits who want things on their terms.