Builder won't give me my keys

loracan1

MaggieBaking wrote: »

Well yes, he's badly organised not dastardly, the fact the job dragged on but is still a good shows that he's just hopelessly disorganised, which is why I suggested the OP makes it as simple as possible to get the keys back by making him keep them with him all the time, and going to collect them herself.

Except that the op makes mention of him becoming aggressive - this is why she's reluctant to phone him or contact him. I'd be considering how much replacement locks would cost vs peace of mind, tenner each? (but probably not the key fob)

If you have his home number I'd ring that in the evening and hope his wife phoned, and offer to go and collect them there and then.

adouglasmhor

loracan1 wrote: »

Except that the op makes mention of him becoming aggressive - this is why she's reluctant to phone him or contact him. I'd be considering how much replacement locks would cost vs peace of mind, tenner each? (but probably not the key fob)

If you have his home number I'd ring that in the evening and hope his wife phoned, and offer to go and collect them there and then.

▲This and get a mate to go with you as a witness.

MaggieBaking

loracan1 wrote: »

Except that the op makes mention of him becoming aggressive - this is why she's reluctant to phone him or contact him. I'd be considering how much replacement locks would cost vs peace of mind, tenner each? (but probably not the key fob)

If you have his home number I'd ring that in the evening and hope his wife phoned, and offer to go and collect them there and then.

I completely missed the aggressive part. Yes if you go get a friend to go with you and change the locks anyway.

I'm not sure how to change the fobs, but if it's not too costly ignore the builder and change it all yourself.

fwor

MaggieBaking wrote: »

I'm not sure how to change the fobs, but if it's not too costly ignore the builder and change it all yourself.

This almost certainly just needs either looking at the instructions or doing a bit of Googling with the make/model numbers.

All decent garage openers have a "forget" or "reset" and a "learning" mode - so you can set it so that only the fob you have is valid to open it. When/if he gives you the other one, it should only take a few seconds to make that one valid again.

Blobby8_2

flooz-ie wrote: »

Hi,

I've had a new garage built on my house -been a bit of a nightmare. The finish is great but the '3-4 weeks' turned into '4-5 months' & involved a lot of hassle to get it finished...

So, it was finally done just over a month ago. The builder's been paid in full. Now I just need my keys!!
He has the 2nd remote fob to open my garage & the 2nd keys to get from the garage to the back garden & the garage into my house. Also the electrical safety certificate.

I emailed him 2 weeks ago & he replied saying he'd drop them off if he was this way or if not, over the weekend. The weekend came & went & no keys.
I emailed again last week & he hasn't even bothered to respond to that email.

I now have 4 weeks til I go away travelling & leave my property unoccupied. It's looking like I might have to get the locks & garage fob thingy changed if I don't get my keys.

Where do I stand legally on getting the keys from the builder?

Failing getting them, how do I get the fobs changed on a remote push the button to open it garage door?

Unfortunately I'm a girl on my own & the builder has already been exceedingly aggressive so phoning him petrifies me.

Thanks

I can assure you that if you had kept £500 back, a most accomodating, polite man would be begging you to arrange a time for him to deliver your property.

panchenlama

bet he's lost them...

muckybutt

Easy thing to change the fob frequency to another one thus rendering the other fob useless.

Re changing locks : I would simply fit padlocks if possible to the rear garden door and garage door, you could also turn the power off to the garage door opener.

fwor

muckybutt wrote: »

Easy thing to change the fob frequency to another one thus rendering the other fob useless.

The current ones don't work on different frequencies. They work by recognising the (hopefully) unique code that each fob transmits and comparing it with a list of ones that are allowed to open the door.

As I said earlier, it should be simple to clear the "permitted" list and then add only the one that the OP has.