Rogue Agent - Plea for help

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m4drx wrote: »

If I simply do this and say nothing until we are due to leave, will this be a problem?

I don't want to cause problems for ourselves legally but the way we have been treated by them is disgusting. We have done nothing, at all, wrong and we feel victimised.

We are trying to move asap and just don't want to have any more dealings with them until we hand the keys back.

it has the same potential for 'problems' as if a locksmith were doing it, except you've saved about a hundred quid

If you are firm with the agent and write to them saying you want 24h notice of viewings and/or want to be present at them then the EA/LL will never find out about the lock change (unless they attempt to enter without your knowledge - which is the reason for changing the locks in the first place!).

dgtazzman

You have a legal right to quiet enjoyment, from what I understand this right overrules anything that might have been put in the rental contract and the landlord can only access the property without your express permission to do so in case of an emergency (fire, flood, etc.). You have to allow reasonable access for repairs, but this can be on your terms. You don't have to give the LL a copy of the new keys, just restore the original lock barrels when you leave. You don't even have to allow viewings, being a pr*ck can work both ways.