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Letting Agents keep letting themselves in unannounced

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  • Blackpool_Saver
    Blackpool_Saver Posts: 6,599 Forumite
    I would call the police and say I had an intruder
    Blackpool_Saver is female, and does not live in Blackpool

  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Unscrew and remove the lock (whatever type) on your internal door. Stay in the flat to protect your valuable collection of lipsticks and send your boyfriend to the local locksmith/DIY store.

    He buys an identical replacement and returns home (to comfort you from the trauma of being left vulnerable and unprotected.)

    He screws the replacement into place.

    Sorted.

    You may want to get an extra key for him at the same time so he can.... well, you get the idea!
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    Blackpool_Saver wrote: »
    bet you think that's funny don't you, designed purely for effect
    designed for effect? My words? Les mots de moi?

    No way!
  • pinkpinkuk
    pinkpinkuk Posts: 165 Forumite
    G_M wrote: »
    Unscrew and remove the lock (whatever type) on your internal door. Stay in the flat to protect your valuable collection of lipsticks and send your boyfriend to the local locksmith/DIY store.

    He buys an identical replacement and returns home (to comfort you from the trauma of being left vulnerable and unprotected.)

    He screws the replacement into place.

    Sorted.

    You may want to get an extra key for him at the same time so he can.... well, you get the idea!

    I have actually just realised there is a DIY store not 100m from my front door with a load of lock barrels in the window. How did I not think of this earlier :rotfl:
    Aiming to be debt free AND a qualified lawyer by 30!
    * Overdraft: £1,700 * Credit Card:     [STRIKE]£1,550[/STRIKE] £1,534 * Uni fees: [STRIKE]£945[/STRIKE] £300 * Wonga:[STRIKE]£290[/STRIKE] * ILEX: £635 *
  • Strapped
    Strapped Posts: 8,158 Forumite
    I think I would just stand in the hallway starkers next time. That would be enough to put anyone off from calling unannounced again. :o
    They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -- Plato
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    G_M wrote: »

    e) you are a girl
    That's me.... to be honest, I'd not have the confidence to even get the right sort of barrel, never mind fit it! I did buy a barrel once .... and the minute I tried to touch it everything pinged out everywhere and all over the floor.

    :)
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    G_M wrote: »
    send your boyfriend ....
    He screws the replacement into place.
    What do girls without bfs do? Girls who don't know any men in the town/county as they're new :)
  • Fire_Fox
    Fire_Fox Posts: 26,026 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    G_M wrote: »
    Unscrew and remove the lock (whatever type) on your internal door. Stay in the flat to protect your valuable collection of lipsticks and send your boyfriend to the local locksmith/DIY store.

    He buys an identical replacement and returns home (to comfort you from the trauma of being left vulnerable and unprotected.)

    He screws the replacement into place.

    Sorted.

    You may want to get an extra key for him at the same time so he can.... well, you get the idea!

    :rotfl: :rotfl: Extra key in case we lock ourselves out in a blonde or hormonal moment?
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    What do girls without bfs do? Girls who don't know any men in the town/county as they're new :)

    Good excuse to meet people IMO: bloke from down the pub or the corner shop or workplace, a neighbour, colleague, invite male friend or relative to visit. Just be sure to have beers in the fridge for whoever you ask. :beer:
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  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    Fire_Fox wrote: »
    :rotfl: :rotfl: Extra key in case we lock ourselves out in a blonde or hormonal moment?



    Good excuse to meet people IMO: bloke from down the pub or the corner shop or workplace, a neighbour, colleague, invite male friend or relative to visit. Just be sure to have beers in the fridge for whoever you ask. :beer:
    Always imagined you as a brunette.

    Must start hanging out in cornershops more often.
  • Eton_Rifle
    Eton_Rifle Posts: 372 Forumite
    I was rooting for a redhead; it goes so well with the username!
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