You don't realise how much the simplest things in life help......

Errata

You've told him to stay out of your bedroom and he forgets? Stick a large sign on the outside of the door worded in such a way that he will understand what it means.

aliasojo

Errata wrote: »

You've told him to stay out of your bedroom and he forgets? Stick a large sign on the outside of the door worded in such a way that he will understand what it means.

It's not a memory issue.

meeps

Ikea have an office range called Galant that have a built in combination lock on the top, includes quite normal looking chests of drawers, but not cheap.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50206447/

Argos has lockable filing cabinets

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7360097/Trail/searchtext%3EFILING+CABINET.htm

and a garden store cupboard that is apparently padlockable -

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/7204414/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7CGarden+and+DIY%7C14418702/c_2/2%7C14418702%7CSheds%2C+greenhouses+and+storage%7C14418827/c_3/3%7Ccat_14418827%7CPlastic+sheds+and+storage%7C14418828.htm#pdpFullProductInformation

I hope you find a workable solution

tyllwyd

You haven't said whether you are willing to damage your furniture - if you don't mind how it looks, it should be easy enough to add padlocks. Or drawer locks do exist, if it was practical to fit them. Or perhaps build some kind of a cupboard around the furniture that has a lockable door. But if you can afford to replace the furniture, I'd probably look for office furniture that comes with a lock.

aliasojo

meeps wrote: »

Ikea have an office range called Galant that have a built in combination lock on the top, includes quite normal looking chests of drawers, but not cheap.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50206447/

Now that would be perfect! If only it wasn't £350.

Dunroamin

Would something like this be any help?

http://www.templock.co.uk/

aliasojo

Dunroamin wrote: »

Would something like this be any help?

http://www.templock.co.uk/

That looks like a perfect solution for daughter's door, thank you.

I may see if I can 'adjust' my door myself to get it to close properly then this would work for me too.

What a brilliantly simple yet effective idea.

debtfreenewbie

HI, I have similar issues with my son.We have an alarm on the kitchen door which only needed one screw. It has a keypad which you set the code and a stickable magnet on the other.When the door is opened the alarm goes off. It is fire safe as you just push the door.
Igot it from ebay for about 7.00. They are good.
Hope this helps.I am sure you can fill in the hole afterwards.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

If the offending door is made of wood, there's no end of adjustments that can be made and then 'disappeared' at the end of the rental period by the addition of woodfiller and coffee grounds.

Just saying.

I wouldn't suggest you did that.

Honest.

hieveryone

You haven't mentioned what the learning difficulty is, but is there no possibility of him actually 'learning' the rules rather than having to block him out?

There may be times in life where he shouldn't be accessing certain things and without having the skills to respect others' property he may fall short of this.

I work with children with learning difficulties and we use a number of different strategies to allow children to be as independent as possible whilst still responsible for themselves. Would he respond to signs/pictures etc? I use a programme which is fully customisable (sp??) in work and would be more than happy to help if I could.