Can my landlord change the locks and bill me for it without my concent?

G_M

This endlessly repeated debate about lanldord right to enter....

* tenant has a common law right to'quiet enjoyment' and can deny access (but should do so explicitly if he wishes to enforce)

* LL has a contractual right of access (but should provide written warning )

where/when the rights clash, a court would decide which takes precedence

See more:

http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?26589-L-s-right-of-access-for-inspection-or-viewing

Werdnal

OP, just out of interest, if your LL is as lax about regulations as you suggestion, is your deposit protected in a scheme and did he give you the full prescribed information (usually up to a dozen pages and not just a certificate) from the scheme he used within 30 days of deposit payment?

If not he is in breach of deposit protection regs, so this could get work in your favour if he decides to force deductions on you.

inklove

Yes the deposit is secured.

I have not refused the landlord access, he has been and done the check, he is just convinced that I have changed the locks and is adamant that I am paying to have new locks put on, wether I like it or not.

I have sent a letter this morning as suggested.

19lottie82

EVEN if you DID change the locks, you are entitled to do this, as long as you replace the old ones at the end of the tenancy.

You LL sounds a bit barmy to be honest.

thesaint

chanz4 wrote: »

Only in the event of an emergency can he gain access

You are incorrect.
He has a right of entry under statute.

inklove

I always thought that a landlord has a right to access their property as long as he gives appropriate notice.

G_M

thesaint wrote: »

You are incorrect.
He has a right of entry under statute.

Name the statute.

I always thought that a landlord has a right to access their property as long as he gives appropriate notice.

Read the link in post 23

ValHaller

thesaint wrote: »

You are incorrect.
He has a right of entry under statute.

Whatever that statutory right is, it will be very limited.

thesaint

inklove wrote: »

I always thought that a landlord has a right to access their property as long as he gives appropriate notice.

He does. This may or may not conflict with any rights the tenant has.

G_M wrote: »

Name the statute.

Sec 11 of the 1985 landlord and tenant act.

(6)In a lease in which the lessor’s repairing covenant is implied there is also implied a covenant by the lessee that the lessor, or any person authorised by him in writing, may at reasonable times of the day and on giving 24 hours’ notice in writing to the occupier, enter the premises comprised in the lease for the purpose of viewing their condition and state of repair.

G_M

As ValHaller says, a limited right...