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Daughter's Problem with Landlord...
kessik
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My student daughter and her three girlfriends have moved into a rented house in South London. First the landlord increased the rental from what it was advertised as (I guess they made it too obvious that they liked it) then they had to move in before they were all ready. Because I wanted my daughter to sort things out herself I let these things go. I helped her move in and filmed the interior of the house just for future reference. In the three weeks she's been there a leak has developed in her ceiling and they've now seen a mouse (I'm not too concerned about the mouse tbh as I think they have it under control). The landlord has a 'handyman' who has his own key and lets himself in to work whether the girls are there or not. If he goes in and there is nobody there he reports back to the landlord that the house is untidy or messy, which prompts a phone call from the landlord. The handyman was meant to arrive at the house at 11.30 yesterday morning to fix the leak in my daughter's ceiling. Instead he appeared at 8pm, turned off the water so nobody could wash up or get a bath then STILL didn't mend the leak. The landlord was supposed to call to the house this week and gave 24 hours notice but has now said he isn't coming around after all. My daughter and her friends think he is using the handyman to do his dirty work and report back on the inside of the property - it bothers me more that this handyman lets himself in unannounced, earlier in the week scaring the one girl who was at home alone, and also looking in all of the rooms when he's only meant to be mending my daughter's ceiling.
My question, before I contact the letting agents is, does the handyman, as a representative of the landlord, have to give 24 hours notice of a visit or is it just the landlord? Does he have the right to look in all the rooms and check whether they are tidy or not? The rooms don't have individual locks as the house is let as whole house. My daughter says 'messy' is dishes not washed and rubbish not taken out (when she moved in there was rubbish piled up at the back door as there was no key to get out to the bins).
Thanks!
My question, before I contact the letting agents is, does the handyman, as a representative of the landlord, have to give 24 hours notice of a visit or is it just the landlord? Does he have the right to look in all the rooms and check whether they are tidy or not? The rooms don't have individual locks as the house is let as whole house. My daughter says 'messy' is dishes not washed and rubbish not taken out (when she moved in there was rubbish piled up at the back door as there was no key to get out to the bins).
Thanks!
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Anybody is subject to the 24 hour rule
No he's got no rights to look - and no rights to report back.
They're out of order entirely.0
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