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Landlord and notice of entering property
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Basically my landlord and/or his wife are in a habit of turning up to the property whenever they feel like it and letting themselves in. Just he came round twice yesterday (I'm not sure why) and last night I was cooking when he just walked into the kitchen. Also last week they didn't tell us that they were coming to replace the broken shower and were then here for several hours installing it and making lots of noise. They've been giving us notice when they need access to our rooms but have said when they don't need to come into our rooms they don't need to give notice. Is this right? Because it's starting to get on our nerves as it doesn't feel like our own place as we never know when he's just going to show up? I thought they had to give 24 hours notice to enter the property at all?
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You could just politely ask him, to knock/text/call before hand though.
Correct.
Also it's just common courtesy- I hate that landlords don't seem to think it applies to them... gr
As a tenant, you have the right to private accommodation. Your landlord or letting agency must give you 24 hours written notice should they wish to enter the property, while as a tenant you are obliged to meet any reasonable request for access.
This right can be lifted in exceptional circumstances, for example in the case of an emergency such as a burst pipe when you are not home.'
from http://www.uknetguide.co.uk/Homes_and_Gardens/Article/A_Guide_to_Tenants_Rights-106015.html
Sorry to hear you're having problems with your landlord - it must be really annoying having your landlord just turn up with out notice. I'm sure you're pleased with the repairs but you are entitled to quiet enjoyment of your home.
The law puts an implied term in tenancies (so doesn't matter that your tenancy agreement doesn't say it expressly) that landlords can enter their rented properties at reasonable times of the day on giving the tenants/occupiers at least 24 hours written notice. Essentially they have to ask your permission first before coming round.
If the problem persists, then you might want to seek legal advice. You can submit a question to our askTheSite service where an expert will get back to you - http://www.thesite.org/community/askthesite
Or you could try the Shelter helpline - 0808 800 4444 (http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/how_we_can_help/housing_advice_helpline)
I hope this helps.
If you are jointly renting the house then he does need to give you notice. "Reasonable notice" isn't usually defined by the Office of Fair Trading guidelines (for what they're worth now the OFT is being abolished) say 24 hours' notice in writing.
A polite email just asking him to let you know should work. The trouble is there isn't any easy way of enforcing the contract if he chooses to ignore it, other than moving out. As we all know, thanks to Thatcher tenants in the UK have absolutely no rights.
But yeah, I'd just give him a text asking if he can text someone before he comes round in future. Most people are pretty reasonable, so I don't think you need to get the law book out just yet.
Although I've heard about landlords basically using this sort of thing to check up on tenants.
I think if you talk to landlord ask him nicely to try to give you guys more notice (I have same setup but landlord always texts everyone like a week in. Advance saying electrician is coming, can anyone let him in, etc.), if he ignores you then it's probably put up or shut up.