Renting new house, lock on door seized.

Millerdog

I'd be very careful who reports the sticky lock. Some Landlords don't allow overnight 'guests' without their prior agreement. You may get her locked out almost before she can be locked in.

DVardysShadow

jeec wrote: »

Well, thanks for your hilarious responses. You wouldnt have faulty electrical equipment, so why would you have faulty DANGEROUS locks. Sorry for showing some concern. However perhaps the landlord should ensure the locks are in good working order?

Should have known not to ask for advice here. Extremely arrogant, pig headed, and a waste of time.

Well, thanks anyway for giving us a try. I think most share your concern about the lock, really. And you do get helpful responses here. Part of the reward is of course some hilarity when people come here and post things like "Is this acceptable behaviour?" as though you could sort out the lock with an ASBO. It doesn't help you that you are really uptight with everything as a result of this lock. Don't let it be like that, please, you are welcome to join the hilarity.

MissMoneypenny

Millerdog wrote: »

I'd be very careful who reports the sticky lock. Some Landlords don't allow overnight 'guests' without their prior agreement.

Tenants are allowed to have people to stay, despite what a landlord does or doesn't want.

carolinosourus

I agree that the fact this happened is dangerous, however until the lock actually breaks it's quite difficult, as you can't actually see it, to tell whether there's anything wrong with it.

Was that the first time your GF had locked the door? If she or you had locked it before and noticed that there might be something wrong with it then I would suggest that it should have been her responsibility to report that there was something wrong with it.

Having been stuck in a bathroom before, if I'm somewhere with a new, unfamiliar lock I try locking and unlocking it a few times without the door closed just to make sure that I can actually get out or in again...

When I was at boarding school, a girl went to try and get back into her room (we didn't have keys as we weren't allowed to lock our doors however the doors did have chubb-style keyholes) and she couldn't get in as the whole mechanism had collapsed. Luckily she was on the outside, but I remember that she had to sleep on someone else's floor as they didn't get maintenance out to fix it until the next day...

EDIT: maybe I was lucky but I never felt the need to lock my door at uni, mind you I was living with friends and people that I trusted.

elfen

Tell the LL, and see about getting a replacement. For now, ask him what to do about security when she's not there (i.e, can she put a bolt and padlock on until it can be fixed) and ask if they want to do it, or if it's an easy one and you know how to, if you can do it. And make sure they get a spare key if they need to do an inspection