Landlord constantly visiting - not sure what to do!

brianposter

Suggest to the landlord that the neighbours have begun to enquire about his repeated visits ?

Diddydot

Be confrontational. I would leave the junk mail again and ask, “why are you going through my mail... that’s wired. I’m not happy about that. You need to back off or I will leave”. Also can you leave your key in the back of the door to stop him coming in. If he knocks at your windows, pretend you we’re asleep and answer the door angry at being woke up. Don’t open the door. Say your busy working and he needs to schedule an appointment. He just seems to be a busy body and a bit lonely. Personally Id go with your instincts. If you are getting a creeped out vibe, move. My sisters mother in law rented out a property and she is a busy body. She randomly turned up on her tenants on a Saturday night to pop in for a catch up. She was quickly moved along.

Comms69

Surely a simple "If you do this again, i'll be calling the police" would suffice?

googler

Greet the LL with an exasperated;

"What NOW ...?"
"What is it THIS time ...?"

or

"You? Again? What now?"

Sea_Shell

Sellotape a note in your window saying...

"GO AWAY!!! - YES, YOU!!!"

Zxcv_Bnm

David_Evans wrote: »

Seriously though, there are worse things than a landlord calling around too often.

Keep things in perspective.

You could have kids urinating through the letterbox or junkies high on Monkey Dust kicking the door in.

To be fair you wouldnt really want the landlord urinating through the letter box either

Although if he could do it from the pavement I would be quite impressed actually

Are you on the ground floor??

Zxcv_Bnm

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Not sure about that, this is annoying/disturbing behaviour for anywhere IMO. Just move out, and mention to the next landlord that you don`t want to be pestered unless it is really important, explain to them that you had a stalker the last time.

Maybe the LL has ginger hair and the only people who'll talk to him are tenants because they have to?

MountainHopper

Just an update to this, my landlord is still calling round unannounced and has actually increased in frequency since I last posted. I was working from home last week and had to forcefully tell him to leave, which he did. But then called the next day, let himself in, and spent two hours in my flat, alone. Claimed he was "doing a job" on the flat, but couldn't tell me what that was, or how he spent his two hours in the flat yesterday. Also told me he is increasing the rent as of next month.



So.. not great.



My contract with work ends in September and I'll definitely be moving on!

MountainHopper

Can the tenant change the locks, legally?

kazwookie

I'd be changing the locks, and tell the LL to give at least 24 hours notice of a visit in writing.

When I move out, I'd change the locks back to the LL and use my lock in my new property from day one.