Too many inspections?

Guest101

Miss_Samantha wrote: »

The tenant cannot say 'no' in law...

Here we go again.


But since your being pedantic: The tenant can legally say 'no', whether that 'no' has legal standing is the debate you want to have.

Pixie5740

Miss_Samantha wrote: »

The tenant cannot say 'no' in law...

I'm pretty certain that tenants have the physical ability to say no.

The OP has said that there is nothing in their tenancy agreement about monthly inspections. Monthly inspection are excessive and the OP has the right to quiet enjoyment of their home which they will not get with such frequent inspections. If a landlord gives notice and the tenant says no it would be unwise of the landlord to enter the property. The landlord could go to court and then a judge would decide.

We're not talking about a landlord trying to gain entry for something important such as a gas safety certificate or to fix a leak in the property but a nosy git wanting to inspect how the OP lives.

What would you suggest the OP do Miss Samantha?

Guest101

Miss_Samantha wrote: »

I am not being pedantic, and at least I am making sense and not fostering nonsensical arguments... hum hum.

Sure thing


As discussed a multitude of times, the tenant can legally say no. They can enforce this by changing the locks.


The LL can of course go to court and get an order allowing access for inspections (the tenant may be liable for these costs), but equally a judge may decide that monthly inspections are too frequent and the behaviour is unreasonable. It may even constitute harassment.


But that doesn't fit your narrative, much easier to say: The tenant cannot say 'no' in law...

stator

I would change the locks anway just to make sure he doesn't start letting himself in.
But I would allow the first inspection but not monthly. 3 monthly is quite enough for anyone.

Pixie5740

I found a similar thread over on Landlord Zone.

http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/forums/archive/index.php/t-43915.html

There's an interesting post from someone going by the name jjlandlord who advises...

"Niether LA nor LL has right to enter without express permission of T (except in emergency eg water leak when T away)

Well LA/LL do have permission as per tenancy agreement. That said, it'd be unwise to enter if tenant specifically told them not to."

Guest101

Pixie5740 wrote: »

I found a similar thread over on Landlord Zone.

http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/forums/archive/index.php/t-43915.html

There's an interesting post from someone going by the name jjlandlord who advises...

"Niether LA nor LL has right to enter without express permission of T (except in emergency eg water leak when T away)

Well LA/LL do have permission as per tenancy agreement. That said, it'd be unwise to enter if tenant specifically told them not to."

Don't you miss JJ........

Miss_Samantha

Guest101 wrote: »

As discussed a multitude of times, the tenant can legally say no. They can enforce this by changing the locks.

The LL can of course go to court and get an order allowing access for inspections (the tenant may be liable for these costs),

Incorrect, but I haven't the strength to repeat the same thing yet another time...

No-one disputes that monthly inspections are excessive but you'll note that the comment I was replying to was general and not specific to this case.

Guest101

Miss_Samantha wrote: »

Incorrect, but I haven't the strength to repeat the same thing yet another time...

No-one disputes that monthly inspections are excessive but you'll note that the comment I was replying to was general and not specific to this case.

But you didn't make that clear to the OP who clearly needs some advice.


That aside, it's not 'incorrect', there is no criminal offence committed by the tenant in doing what I suggest. So it's a civil dispute, something for the parties to negotiate or a court to decide.

BadBehaviour

He texted me right on the first day to ask me how I was settling in and to contact him if I had any problems.

I haven't encountered any problems so far. He has said visit will be about 15 mins and texted me about it a week ago. He let me choose a day and time convenient for me.

I am not saying he is harassing me or anything but I really could do with less frequent inspections and certainly I didn't expect an inspection only two weeks after.

Anyway house is in the same condition I entered it so he won't have anything to complain about.

I'm hoping maybe after a couple of times he will relax a bit seeing as I am not destroying his property.

Legally then I can ask him to make them less frequent then. He has no reason to let himself in and I don't think he would do that.

Pixie5740

Just see how the first inspection goes and take it from there. Maybe he will relax and carry out inspections less frequently. If he doesn't and you don't want monthly inspections then cross that bridge if/when you come to it by talking to the guy.