Landlord demanding inspection every 2 weeks,

G_M

jon8871 wrote: »

I think it could maybe be a breach of your Human rights, have a look at the Human rights act article 8. Article 8 states " You also have the right to enjoy your home peacefully without intrusion by a public authority."

Oh for goodness sakes! Stop quoting human rights! To start with, this is not a 'public authority', and secondly HR leglislation was introduced to prevent torture and abuses by authoritarian regimes. It annoys me the way people cry 'human rights' whenever they perceive some interference with their lives.

OK - rant over.

Having said that, the LL/agent does not have the right to 2 weekly inspections IF the 5 professionals have a single 'joint and several' tenancy. This has still not been clarified. If they each have a separate tenancy and this is an HMO the LL has the right to enter 'common areas' (shared living areas) at any time.

said if we don’t like the current level of inspection we can leave.

That could be interpreted as an implied threat to evict if they complain/prevent the inspections, contravening the Protection from Eviction Act 1977

It is a 12 month contract.

so unless there is a Break Clause (is there?), they can only be evicted during the 12 months following a court order based on a S8 Notice, using one of 12 'grounds'.

No court would grant such an order in circumstances such as these here.

franklee

SpartanLK wrote: »

Thank you for your replies

We are 5 professionals in our 20s in the area for work. It is a 12 month contract.

They never threatened us with eviction but said if we don’t like the current level of inspection we can leave.

Is that one contract for the whole property with you all on it?
Or is is one contract per person/room with shared communal areas?

If latter the landlord can access the communal areas when he wants.

If former then you can say you want quiet enjoyment of the property and suggest a different timetable, like quarterly inspections.

theartfullodger

Change the locks (keep old ones to change back when you leave).

Write accepting an inspection on a particular day & time in 2 months.

Nothing else.

Bet they are charging landlord for inspection.

Murphybear

SpartanLK wrote: »

Thank you for your replies

We are 5 professionals in our 20s in the area for work. It is a 12 month contract.

They never threatened us with eviction but said if we don’t like the current level of inspection we can leave.

If that's their attitude then they are going to find themselves without tenants eventually. Plenty of good advice here, change the locks and don't let the LL/agent in if they hammer on the door

G_M

artful and murphy are probably right, but the tenancy still needs clarifying/confirming before we can be sure of the precise legal position.....

m0bov

Have you ask WHY they need to check every two weeks? If its to check your keeping it tidy and clean, then point out its your home and you live how you want.

SpartanLK

Thank you all

It is a single and joint tenancy contract. That’s the other thing I wanted to check, if were 5 unrelated individuals shouldn’t we be on a HMO contract?

There is no break clause in the contract. It does state however The Landlord may apply to the court to end this tenancy and repossess the Property if: (b) the Tenant does not comply with the obligations set out in this Agreement. So would they have an argument if we refuse inspections when given 24hrs notice?

It was a show home, so fully furnished. We have already pointed out that there have been no damages to furniture/property and feel this is an invasion of our privacy

Lokolo

SpartanLK wrote: »

Thank you all

It is a single and joint tenancy contract. That’s the other thing I wanted to check, if were 5 unrelated individuals shouldn’t we be on a HMO contract?

There is no break clause in the contract. It does state however The Landlord may apply to the court to end this tenancy and repossess the Property if: (b) the Tenant does not comply with the obligations set out in this Agreement. So would they have an argument if we refuse inspections when given 24hrs notice?

It was a show home, so fully furnished. We have already pointed out that there have been no damages to furniture/property and feel this is an invasion of our privacy

Well you haven't told us what it says about inspections of notice of inspections? We are not mind readers.

SpartanLK

"the Landlord or any person authorised by the Landlord or his Agent may at reasonable times of the day on giving 24 hours' written notice, (unless in the case of an emergency) enter the Property for the purpose of inspecting its condition and state of repair"

Comms69

just change the locks and be done with it.


There is no way that the court would evict based upon this; and frankly the landlord is running the risk of a harassment charge