Do you change the locks/front door/ toilet seat when you move house?

Toilet seat yes. Locks I've never thought about. I did change the outside doors but not for that reason.

house purchase after very acrimonious divorce between people who drink too much and have seriously impaired judgement

Yes there are but they did not get the memo

I scrubbed the toilet seats that were left oddly some were gone when we moved in . As well as a lot of other things that should have been left . The locks I changed but not straight away I really wanted them done as the previous owners turned up a couple of times and I didn't know if they still had keys .

Locks...absolutely 👍🏻

Door...why would you, unless it was knackered/unsightly?

Toilet seat...bleach is your friend here 👍🏻

Do you not have a pane of (probably double glazed) glass in every room…called a …window🤣🤣🤣

Yes, that's partly why DH changed the locks every time.

We are buying a new build and will change the barrels on the day we move in and flog the locks and keys being replaced on eBay or give them away. Never ever, last house was a new build and the builder kept a key fast forward two years later and he tried it - our dogs got to the front door and he ran away (all on cctv) he claimed he was returning it !! X

Not always - I don't think I changed the locks on my last house. This one I did as it was brass and I'm a chrome/nickel person so just changed it. I'd like to change the door itself but it is a really solid heavy one and the door I'd want is about £3000 so it's staying. Never occurred to me to change the toilet seat! But I actually put new toilets in last four properties so guess yea changed those too.

Change the locks - yes, within a couple of weeks of moving.

Front door - no, way too expensive. Always lived in period properties that have large old wooden front doors with stained/ leaded glass.

Toilet seat - yes, as I like a slow closing seat but if that was already in the new property and in good condition, no.

Locks, yes- they were really flimsy and crappy and didn’t feel secure at all.
Front door, no. Every house on our road has an identical one- black with etched glass panel- it might even be in the lease that we can’t change them.
Toilet, one of them, yes, because the whole bathroom was awful so we replaced it straight away. The others, no.

Have you ever tried smashing one of those panels op? It’s not simple. It’ll be toughened safety glass.

Doesn't it? 😅

And we lived with horrendous décor, carpets and curtains till we could afford to replace them

Never.
And never been broken into by people using old keys.
As for changing the loo seat!

I had that and honestly never though if anyone smashing through the hard glass and alerting the whole street to it.
You would be out the backdoor before they get in through that

First house we bought we got given every late one key - that was it.

We asked where were the rest and got both estate agent and our solicitor a duh - you change the locks response - we were made to feel stupid. So it was yet another to to sort right after a move with two young kids.

When we moved here - we just changed front door lock and kept keys in backdoor - we pretty sure previous owners or next door on their behalf tried to get in - as we got quizzed about keys later.

Only change toilet seat when broken - haven't changed doors - though in first house had to add new back door and a porch to improve security after a break in.

We live in a new build, and yes, we changed the locks. I have never changed a toilet seat in any house.

We’ve moved quite a lot and I always open the front door first time with a new toilet seat under my arms 😁
I might change the locks within a week

DC had locks changed today on their new house purchase. The vendor handed over 5 front door keys and 2 back door. She lived alone, so potentially a lot of people that had a key. It's not the vendor we didn't trust, she seems lovely, but all those other unknowns who may have had keys and those who may still have.

What a bizarre assumption. Why would the level of rent paid be any indicator of what kind of character the tenant, or their partner, or ex partner or parent or anyone else has?
it’s not only people with cheap rent that rob people.

I’m surprise any all doesn’t as my LL insurance has a clause about changing the locks between tenants, and every insurance I’ve ever had has had the same thing in it.

When we rented (over 10 years ago) we had multiple spare keys to our rental we had made.

We were given two and over time made 5 extras, when we gave the property back we only gave 2 keys. The rest we binned, god knows what my parents and my husbands parents did with theirs so didn’t rob them but we never told them we made spares.

The thing is they could have given a spare key they got cut to anyone. A new tenant moving in needs the peace of mind of knowing there are not people out there who have a key to their home and could let themselves in and out at any time. I let to families with young DC and I'd hate for them to not feel safe in their home. If I moved I'd change the locks so I'll give the same courtesy to our tenants who I do trust because they have been vetted before they move in but as I say you never know who they might have given a spare key to. I think it's something you should consider especially if you rent to families with DC.

Always change the locks. Even on a new build. As a pp said they will have used the cheapest cylinders possible to save tuppence on a million pound house. And they will have only used 4 differs so every 4th house on the estate has the same lock and has keys to your house.

Replace the whole door? Why?

Toilet seat. No.