Intrusive and disrespecful landlords - please help!

gozaimasu

Really old thread. Goodbye.

beccad

I would send them a formal letter, by post quoting the sections of the law that states they must give you notice of them entering the property (not sure where/what this is exactly, sorry), and send it via signed-for delivery. They aren't allowed to do this legally. Hopefully someone else with more advice will be along shortly

mchale

It should say in your TA, normally the tenant has

"the right to the shared use of such common facilities including the living room, kitchen and bathroom as may be agreed from time to time."

I think if it states the above you could be on a sticky wicket, as your only "premises" is the room you are renting, I could be wrong

one option would be to agree with the other tenants to change locks/alarm code

gozaimasu

Unfortunately it also states that we agree not to change the locks...

clutton_2

because this is a HMO and has common areas (halls, landings, kitchen, bathroom) the LL has more rights to access them for maintainance etc than in a house or flat whereby the tenancy covers ALL areas of the property.

all you can do is to ask again for some notice

Jowo_2

I'm not familiar with the stance on notice/access for HMOs but recommend you phone or email Shelter who will be able to advise you of your rights and the landlord's responsibilities and advise you of some steps you can take.

Smi1er

Have you a lock on your door?

If so just change it. OK so the LL might find out but then you could ask how they found out.....

amy104

We had probs with our LA randomly entering our property without permision. I sent them this which was kindly posted on another thread somewhere:

Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 Section 11 (6) clearly states;

"(6) In a lease in which the lessor’s repairing covenant is implied there is also implied a covenant by the lessee that the lessor, or any person authorised by him in writing, may at reasonable times of the day and on giving 24 hours’ notice in writing to the occupier, enter the premises comprised in the lease for the purpose of viewing their condition and state of repair."

I said we were happy to allow reasonable access to the property and in no way wanted to be obstructive but understood that we were entitled to quiet enjoyment of property and polietly requested that any access to the property must be notified in advance. I also included all relevant contact details ie mobile numbers so they could not say they didn't have them.

sooz

clutton's right. You can ask for notice, but it's not required for the common areas.

You could, in agreement with the other tenants, try putting the chain on the front door when you are in.

stationaryace

sooz wrote: »

You could, in agreement with the other tenants, try putting the chain on the front door when you are in.

or 'accidentally' leave the keys in the lock and not hear the doorbell...

N79

amy104 wrote: »

We had probs with our LA randomly entering our property without permision. I sent them this which was kindly posted on another thread somewhere:

Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 Section 11 (6) clearly states;

"(6) In a lease in which the lessor’s repairing covenant is implied there is also implied a covenant by the lessee that the lessor, or any person authorised by him in writing, may at reasonable times of the day and on giving 24 hours’ notice in writing to the occupier, enter the premises comprised in the lease for the purpose of viewing their condition and state of repair."

I said we were happy to allow reasonable access to the property and in no way wanted to be obstructive but understood that we were entitled to quiet enjoyment of property and polietly requested that any access to the property must be notified in advance. I also included all relevant contact details ie mobile numbers so they could not say they didn't have them.

Not really relevent in this case as sooz and clutton have explained. This clause applies to "the premises", which in this case should (unless the tenancy agreement is shockingly bad) just apply to the T's bedroom. The T will only have access rights to the shared areas - they will not be covered by the normal notice rights.