Landlord selling house, want to take pisctures ?

Comms69

davidmcn wrote: »

Any evidence of that? I think the vast majority of burglaries are opportunistic, rather than carefully planned - most homes contain something which can be exchanged for your next fix of heroin.

Sure:


https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/clicking-and-entering-g2ppdwlhd


http://www.mypropertyguide.co.uk/articles/display/10098/using-property-websites-to-plan-the-perfect-burglary.htm


I'm surprised you're so defensive about it

dunroving

FightforyourRights wrote: »

Hi,

I live in a rented house which was arranged through an agent. Did my initial 6 month contract then didn't renew on a longer let basis as they wanted £300 to sign a new contract. Therefore I live here on a monthly basis.

Agent contacted me to come to house to take pictures and measure up as the house is apparently being marketed for sale. Ws quite a shock when I took the call as the Landlord has not mentioned this at all nor served any notice to quit.

Firstly, do I have to let agent come in to take pics of house interior ? All the possessions in the house are mine, which I don't particularly want on Right move/in an estate agents window.

Do i have to let them in to do this considering I've had no official notification ?

There's the legal question, and then there's reasonable behaviour. I can see no reasonable objection to the landlord wanting to take photos, as long as it's at a time that is convenient to you.

davidmcn

Comms69 wrote: »

Sure:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/clicking-and-entering-g2ppdwlhd

http://www.mypropertyguide.co.uk/articles/display/10098/using-property-websites-to-plan-the-perfect-burglary.htm

I'm surprised you're so defensive about it

Not defensive, just haven't seen evidence that it actually happens (and still haven't given that your first article is behind a paywall, and the second is just the journalist conducting some hypothetical research).

Comms69

davidmcn wrote: »

Not defensive, just haven't seen evidence that it actually happens (and still haven't given that your first article is behind a paywall, and the second is just the journalist conducting some hypothetical research).

That's fair enough, I'm not making any particular claim, just something for people to consider.


No different really to advertising you're going on holiday on Facebook. lots of people do it, most have no problems.

ReadingTim

I think you need to get over yourself - in the event you ever own your own home and want to sell it to buy another, how do you think you're going to do that if you're precious about photos of your stuff?

Possessions are like your kids - you may think the world of them, but don't fool yourself that anyone else cares much about them.

fairy_lights

Change the locks before they get a chance to let themselves in when you're not at home.