Was our landlord out of line?

[LlamaFace19]

Hi all. Wanted to know if I'm BU or not. So, our landlord was round today to fix the shower. He fixed it, but he then went around the other rooms, essentially doing an inspection even though he wasn't here to do an inspection! At least I assume he did (my partner and I were both at work), as I then got a text saying he wants a 'serious talk' with us when we got home.

I got home first, he turned up 5 minutes later and started berating me about how untidy the house was. His complaints were:

• There was an empty cardboard box next to the stairs
• The washing up hadn't been done
• The kitchen was a bit cluttered
• There were empty toilet rolls in the bathroom
• The kitchen bin was full
• The washing basket was overflowing
• The WARDROBE was untidy? (yes he looked in the wardrobe)
• There were three plastic tubs of clothes piled up in the corner of one bedroom. I was sorting my son's clothes ready to take them to a charity shop

Yes our house isn't spotless, but we have two young children (4 and 1) and both work full time. There is some clutter but he made out like it was a complete pigsty and it genuinely isn't. There are things like piles of washing (not on the floor but in baskets) He also made some nasty personal comments, one of them being "I know you have kids but maybe you shouldn't have had them if you can't cope" 😡 He also said "I don't want to evict you, but...". He cannot evict us for it being a bit cluttered, surely? I was in tears when he left. He has given us a week to tidy up.

I should say we've been here for four years, always paid rent on time, never been any bother, always reported any issues etc. He has inspected before and never had a problem.

Is he being totally out of line or am I being too sensitive?

Your landlord is completely out of order. He has no right to snoop around your home as this wasn’t a planned inspection for which he needed to give you 48 hours notice and you don’t have to agree to it if not convenient I would go as far to say this is harassment, and very insulting in how you were treated. He owns the property not you and he receives a sizable chunk of your money from you to live there and if your a bit untidy then it’s nothing to do with him.I would in future not allow him access unless your there and let him know that you felt very disrespected because you were did he go through your knickers drawer ?? How creepy what an invasion of privacy to look in your wardrobe, he is not allowed to do that . A polite but assertive email to him Honestly some landlords! Good luck

Typical entitled view it was made clear it was just a home that was just lived in family working full time with children the home isn’t going to be like a showroom ! The inspections would red flag any issues and they’re haven’t been for the 4 years they have lived there. It’s not just intrusive to look in someone’s wardrobe it’s actually not allowed Landlords receive a sizable amount of money each month from their tenants , it’s a transaction. Who do you or they think you are to think it’s ok to intrude and insult tenants You don’t own them ! Just the property