Access to property by landlord

Pixie5740

AnotherJoe wrote: »

Why not? Unless you have good reasons such as you've trashed the place why make it so difficult? Just gives him an incentive to get shot of you.
Do you think him or the surveyor are thieves?

Some people just don't like strangers wandering around their home. Especially when it's not their choice to have the strangers there in the first place.

fairy_lights

AnotherJoe wrote: »

Why not? Unless you have good reasons such as you've trashed the place why make it so difficult? Just gives him an incentive to get shot of you.
Do you think him or the surveyor are thieves?

I had a landlady who told me she needed to come round with a surveyor because she was remortgaging...it turned out the "surveyor" was actually an estate agent and the "remortgage" was taking photos of the flat so she could put it on the market. I only found out because I got a friend to flatsit for me that day because I felt uneasy about letting the LL in alone.
Obviously not all LL's are so shifty and I'm not suggesting the OP's landlord is planning anything so underhand, but I can understand why they wouldn't want the LL to enter the flat when they weren't there.

croto

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Some people just don't like strangers wandering around their home. Especially when it's not their choice to have the strangers there in the first place.

Exactly! It is just the fact that I don't really like people looking around my place (as long as I pay rent I consider it being my place). He is in my opinion just being unreasonable not being able to wait for the next week...

I take good care of the flat and I got a visit from the landlord last month to fix a window, so there is no reason for the landlord to think the place is thrashed...

Surrey_EA

At the risk of being pedantic, it's a mortgage valuation as opposed to a survey. On a flat this probably takes less than 15minutes, and involves nothing more than a quick look around.

However, I do understand why you may not like this visit taking place whilst you're not present.

In my experience it's fairly easy to arrange an alternative appointment with a mortgage valuer.

korvskrot

Partly for OP and partly for people with the same issue in the future:

Just keep telling him no. Put the fact that you have made suggestions in writing to him (ALWAYS do this with landlords).Keep making suggestions of dates and times. He can't enter your home just like that for this reason - I don't have time to look up an exact source right now, but I am basing my claim on 2 years of property management where we constantly ran into this issue (of course, from the LL perspective, and it was a DRAG).

A common problem was getting to go and do gas safety certificates at tenants' who wouldn't even pick up the phone or reply to post (with pre-franked envelopes!). A gas safety check is not technically an emergency repair, but it is also 100% landlord responsibility. Classic.

And yes, what the previous poster said about changing locks is true. You could absolutely do that, and even if your tenancy agreement says you have to give LL spares, it's doesn't override your statutory rights to not do so.

thesaint

korvskrot wrote: »

Partly for OP and partly for people with the same issue in the future:

Just keep telling him no. Put the fact that you have made suggestions in writing to him (ALWAYS do this with landlords).Keep making suggestions of dates and times. He can't enter your home just like that for this reason - I don't have time to look up an exact source right now, but I am basing my claim on 2 years of property management where we constantly ran into this issue (of course, from the LL perspective, and it was a DRAG).

A common problem was getting to go and do gas safety certificates at tenants' who wouldn't even pick up the phone or reply to post (with pre-franked envelopes!). A gas safety check is not technically an emergency repair, but it is also 100% landlord responsibility. Classic.

And yes, what the previous poster said about changing locks is true. You could absolutely do that, and even if your tenancy agreement says you have to give LL spares, it's doesn't override your statutory rights to not do so.

You know extremely little about the laws and legislation of property, so best to start your advice with "In my opinion".

Guest101

Options:


Say Yes
Say No
Change locks
Take time off work
Negotiate (e.g. LL pays you)
Arrange for a friend relative to be there


Take your pick

kingfisherblue

Do you need to take a full day off work? Could you ask the time of the appointment and either go in late or finish early? I know it isn't ideal, but it's a compromise that might work.

Surrey_EA

kingfisherblue wrote: »

Do you need to take a full day off work? Could you ask the time of the appointment and either go in late or finish early? I know it isn't ideal, but it's a compromise that might work.

Often these appointments say they'll turn up between 9am - 1pm or 1pm -5pm, despite the visit only taking about 15mins.

sniggings

dc197 wrote: »

Croto, did your LL write to you? If not, the above has not been fulfilled and does not give him the right.

Even in writing, it doesn't count, as the purpose is for selling, checking the state of repair is not the same as viewing to get a valuation.