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Why don't landlords like locks on bedroom doors?

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  • skivenov
    skivenov Posts: 2,204 Forumite
    ^ This. Basically a sure sign that the landlord is up to something shifty with his mortgage, planning permission, insurance or tax returns.
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  • dimbo61
    dimbo61 Posts: 13,727 Forumite
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    You can have a group of students who all know and trust each other still asking for locks on there bedrooms!
    Because they either do not know/trust the friends the other tenants might bring into the property.
    We put turn locks on all bedroom doors BUT every time the property gets broken into the Thieves simply kick the doors in and damage the doors and door frames to steal the laptops/smartphones/cameras etc
  • chuckley
    chuckley Posts: 4,405 Forumite
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    oh so lots of reasons I see.

    surely a separate contracts flat/house equals reason for locks though? otherwise why not rent it as one?

    i could never rent a room without a lock. no, sir, never.
    i once trusted my sharer and even though i had a lock I didn't use it, until i came home to my room wide open, not to mention other theft later on.

    totally put me off trusting anyone in a flatshare.

    gutted you cant demand one.
  • Fraise
    Fraise Posts: 521 Forumite
    RAS wrote: »
    Wrong.

    The OP is looking for tenancies anyway. A lockable door would make no difference to their status.


    Wrong.

    It most certainly would make a difference to their status.

    Read this link@

    https://www.spareroom.co.uk/content/info-flatsharing/rights-for-renters-for-tenants-and-lodgers
  • Building_Surveyor
    Building_Surveyor Posts: 668 Forumite
    Fire regs may be an issue. Some windows are classed as fire escapes, some aren't. Depends how they open.

    If I were a landlord I would not install them, I would leave it down to the tenant ensuring they were removed by the tenant when leaving. Then the liability is on the tenant.
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  • chuckley
    chuckley Posts: 4,405 Forumite
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    Building_Surveyor wrote: »
    Fire regs may be an issue. Some windows are classed as fire escapes, some aren't. Depends how they open.

    If I were a landlord I would not install them, I would leave it down to the tenant ensuring they were removed by the tenant when leaving. Then the liability is on the tenant.

    but then wouldn't u take the cost of 'fixing' it out of the deposit?
  • thesaint
    thesaint Posts: 4,324 Forumite
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    Fraise wrote: »
    Wrong.

    It most certainly would make a difference to their status.

    Read this link@

    https://www.spareroom.co.uk/content/info-flatsharing/rights-for-renters-for-tenants-and-lodgers

    What difference would a lock make to their status?
    The link provided does not support your assertion.
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  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 35,710 Forumite
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    Fraise wrote: »
    Wrong.

    It most certainly would make a difference to their status.

    Read this link@

    https://www.spareroom.co.uk/content/info-flatsharing/rights-for-renters-for-tenants-and-lodgers

    Err? Irrelevant.
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  • Angelicdevil
    Angelicdevil Posts: 1,707 Forumite
    Fraise wrote: »
    Wrong.

    It most certainly would make a difference to their status.

    Read this link@

    https://www.spareroom.co.uk/content/info-flatsharing/rights-for-renters-for-tenants-and-lodgers


    Wrong.

    As previously stated, the OP is not going to be a lodger. They are looking for tenancies and in this situation, a lock on their door does not change this fact.

    Read your link properly, it only affects status where the person is a lodger.
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