Landlord says council wants to inspect the house tomorrow

mchale

anotherginger wrote: »

Councils still have to give 24 hours notice, which they would usually do by writing to the landlord and separately to the occupiers of the property. If I were you I would ring the Housing department of the council to check what your landlord has told you is true.

They have never written to any of my tenants to advise them of a inspection.

It could be house is up for renewal of HMO licence in which case they do inspect and want access to every room.

marek_20

had this happen to me recently, it normally occurs due to a severe amount of complaints against the landlord / agency. You should have received a letter stating this was going to happen. Ours happened because our letting agents / landlords were complete !!!!!! and their HMO license was under review

lookingforsellers

captain_planet wrote: »

I rent a property with some friends, I’ve been there around three years. Just got a text message from the landlord saying the council have called saying they want to inspect the property tomorrow morning as it is a house of multiple occupation and he has asked that I leave my door unlocked.

If I was being kind I would describe my landlord as ‘clueless’ so I suspect he hasn’t done something he should have with the property.

Obviously I’m not happy about this, and I can’t see how the council would have a right to enter my room. I’ve not been told what the reason is. Does anyone know what my rights are, can the landlord refer the council to me to ask my permission. One solution is to lock the door on my room as I’m not having some people from the council enter my personal space with no idea of their purpose.

Any help would be much appreciated!

just had this done on my flat. it actually benifited us as the council person forced the LL to fit better doors, smoke alarms, strongly suggested he replace what little insulation there is and a big list of other things. the only problem is your LL would have been told long before 24 hrs notice (ours did the same) and we told him to p*ss off. the council then rang us direct and got a better appointment.