to expect my landlords to provide window keys?

[isawahatonce]

I have been living in my house about 9 months and, in that time, I have not been able to open the porch window. I know this seems like a silly little thing but the porch gets very hot and this causes the front room to heat up and it's just not great and I kind of feel like, if there's a window, we should be to open that window. Right? AIBU?

[Mulledwine1]

Have you asked the LL for a key? If so, and they've said no, what's their reason?

[confuugled1]

Absolutely - there should be window locks on all windows as a security measure - and window keys provided as a safety measure for all of them.

Having said that, we moved house, there were several missing window lock keys. I was thinking we would need to get a locksmith out, assuming they were like door keys and all fairly unique... Turns out they are fairly generic - if you go to somewhere like Homebase or B&Q you should be able to get some very cheaply. Not sure if there are a few sorts or just one, but it would be worth a try.

I ended up getting a handful so I now have them in every room, plus one on my keyring, one on dh's keyring and a couple of spares because people pick up a key to open windows in the summer, use it on several windows and put it down, so you get several windows with no key and a couple that have loads!

[isawahatonce]

I don't actually have any contact with LL, everything goes to through the agent. We asked when we moved in and they said there wasn't a key but we haven't pressed it or anything. I highly expect a previous tenant lost it.

[isawahatonce]

confuugled1 we definitely don't have locks on every window - not even the downstairs ones. In fact, I'm pretty sure the porch window is the only one with a lock. We weren't given any window keys.
I'm going to ask the agent to provide one and, if they refuse, I'll look into trying to buy one.

[EssentialHummus]

Ask. They are usually generic as PP said and if you google "replacement window keys" you can often have the company identify the key you need from a photo.

[EssentialHummus]

And, yes, it's about £4.

[RainbowPastel]

They sell them on ebay.

[mustiwearabra]

We bought replacements from this company www.handlesandhinges.co.uk/window-handle-keys/