Name changed as have told many people this weird story. Roll up Columbo wannabes.
FIL recently moved into a care home leaving his flat vacant. He wants to let it out so we are keeping an eye on it while we revert the mobility alterations and put in new floors. It’s sitting empty of furniture but we’ve left gas, electric and internet connections and there’s one large storage cupboard with some valuables in that we’re waiting for the auction house to collect.
One day DH went round to pick up post and his keys wouldn’t work. He assumed someone had a go at the locks in an attempted break in but no sign of that. Eventually he had to go round the back and into the flat through the French doors. Key wouldn’t work from inside either. He called a locksmith out who said the keys weren’t the right keys for the locks and so the locks must have been changed! Locksmith was similarly confused and couldn’t think of a reason someone would have had the locks changed. But also he said it’s not routine to check the person owns the property if they’re changing locks?! He also said that sometimes bailiffs will break into a house and then change the locks but surely they would have left a note - also we’ve no outstanding bills and we’ve never had post for a previous occupant. Before this, DH was round there three days earlier then during those 3 days he was with his only sibling at the other end of the country. There was nothing broken, nothing taken. Management company said it’s nothing to do with them. Prior to moving into the care home FIL was having visits from carers and using a cleaner who were using a key box. Care company says they destroy the codes when a client terminates their contract. Cleaner is a friend.
Think that’s all the info I have! So what on earth is going on?