Landlord wanted to enter the property while I'm on holiday

dimbo61

This is the second post where s tenant is not happy that the Landlord/Letting Agents want to gain entry.
One was for a Gas Safe Certificate and check of a boiler/hob/fire and this one for taking photos prior to marketing on both occasions valuables/important documents were left out on display.
Totally made up posts 
Kids must be bored this summer

theoretica

Comms69 said:

theoretica said:

Comms69 said:

NortheastEA said:

I take it your moving out at some point in the near future?
If so, The agent will be keen to get marketing started to avoid the property being left empty for to long after you leave.
You do have the right to refuse access to them and the agent should respect this and agree a mutually convenient time to enter.
We try and work with outgoing tenants during marketing as if we are doing a video or new pictures we would like the property to be as clean and tidy as possible however many agents will ignore you and just enter.
Legally they cant if you say no but that doesn't stop them. Its not worth taking legal action however you can change the locks on your return and refuse access for viewings etc - there isn't much they can do if you take this action.
Its in everyone's best interests to work together on this so it depends on the agents attitude.

Just curious what are the interests of the tenant in 'working together' on this? Do you pay tenants to allow marketing?

When I last left a rental property the landlord gave the full deposit back despite a couple of things they could have charged for and offered a free extension for a couple of days to make my move easier.  I doubt this would have happened if I had been a pain over viewings.

That's great. With a simple search i can find 100+ threads on this forum where tenants who did all that then had to go through DPS to get their deposit back.

Some of which will be the bias that people do come here for help - I hadn't seen any need to mention this smooth transaction on here until now.

Comms69

theoretica said:

Comms69 said:

theoretica said:

Comms69 said:

NortheastEA said:

I take it your moving out at some point in the near future?
If so, The agent will be keen to get marketing started to avoid the property being left empty for to long after you leave.
You do have the right to refuse access to them and the agent should respect this and agree a mutually convenient time to enter.
We try and work with outgoing tenants during marketing as if we are doing a video or new pictures we would like the property to be as clean and tidy as possible however many agents will ignore you and just enter.
Legally they cant if you say no but that doesn't stop them. Its not worth taking legal action however you can change the locks on your return and refuse access for viewings etc - there isn't much they can do if you take this action.
Its in everyone's best interests to work together on this so it depends on the agents attitude.

Just curious what are the interests of the tenant in 'working together' on this? Do you pay tenants to allow marketing?

When I last left a rental property the landlord gave the full deposit back despite a couple of things they could have charged for and offered a free extension for a couple of days to make my move easier.  I doubt this would have happened if I had been a pain over viewings.

That's great. With a simple search i can find 100+ threads on this forum where tenants who did all that then had to go through DPS to get their deposit back.

Some of which will be the bias that people do come here for help - I hadn't seen any need to mention this smooth transaction on here until now.

Right. 

I should point out i was asking a specific person, who works in the industry, how his/her approach was in everyone's interest. 

DoaM

Comms69 said:

I should point out i was asking a specific person, who allegedly works in the industry, how his/her approach was in everyone's interest. 

Fixed that for you ... you've assumed this based on their forum name and the manner of their posts.