where do I stand in shared occupancey when landlords son uses spare key to steal £650

joolsybools

I'd be moving out asap personally. I was once in a shared house when some junkie moved in...coke head...it wasn't long before he locked his bedroom door and accessed his 1st floor room via a ladder and the window (I kid you not!) and my other housemate found a syringe on the floor of the bathroom. Nice people.

Jaypowell_2

Hi Paddy, yes it would seem that way both myself and James have come to the conclusion that he must have been snooping in our rooms before this happened, I also must add my room used to be Toms room (sorry should have mentioned this wayyyyy earlier) so he may have had a key from back then. Well the landlord is changing all the locks tonight and will be returning on Saturday morning to take all of Toms stuff.

Good Riddance...

Hi joolsybools - I am sadly not in a financial position to move out right away but yes I am seeking alternative accomidation after xmas, our windows are security double glazing so it would be very difficalt for him to regain access to the property.

dear all - this is not your typical house share, we all really got on well, we redecorated the comunial living area together and all chgipped in for new sofa's etc its a very tidy lads pad and this was just unexpected at this time, we knew Tom had some issues and has done this sort of thing in the past but didnt expect him to do this. Sadly I also have no concrete evidence that it is him but a helllll of a lot of circumstantial evidence does point towards him and the fact he has cleared his room out of clothes, turned his phone off and we have not seen or heard off him since Monday morning leads me further to belive he has taken my money, iphone and his stuff and done a bunk.

He has done this before about 4 months ago. He left for about 3 weeks then came back like nothing had happened. He was being chased by a debt collector for housing arrears, we had a visit from the debt collector then the next day "!!!!!!" Tom vanished, turned his phone off and took his stuff. It was only a few weeks later his Father got in touch with us and said he had taken another job down south. That said he F**ed it up and came back a few weeks later, tail between his legs.

Suppose its a life lesson for me not to put so much trust in people.

Moving on, the landlords obgligations - landlord insurance? the main issue i now face is the landlord is (Tom) the offenders father which leaves me in a very akward position, he has even suggested that I leave the house if i dont feel secure? is this lawful? how do I play this? what do I do?

I am open to all suggestions,

Many thanks

ruggedtoast

As annoying as it is, the landlord probably didnt steal your things. Their family connection is irrelevant.

If you dont want to live there any more you should probably take the opportunity to leave.

GDB2222

Jaypowell wrote: »

Moving on, the landlords obgligations - landlord insurance? the main issue i now face is the landlord is (Tom) the offenders father which leaves me in a very akward position, he has even suggested that I leave the house if i dont feel secure? is this lawful? how do I play this? what do I do?

The landlord's insurance will cover his liability to you, if any, which doesn't really advance your position.

If I understand correctly, the LL has offered to release you from your rental contract if you want to leave early. That seems fair to me. Why wouldn't that be lawful?