Permission from landlord needed to have guests stay?

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Hope it's fine to post here

Just that really. I'm looking to rent somewhere, with DC, temporarily with a potential new job.

The point being that when I looked around one property (a two bedroom house) the landlord stated that if we had someone over to stay for a few days, or even a weekend, we should give them a call, to let them know, for health and safety reasons. I've crossed that one off as it rings alarm bells about the landlord. I don't think that's correct and it sounds intrusive. I just wanted to check here though. Am I right?

Male Landlord: So, you are going to be alone overnight, aren't you? No chance of a big, burly bloke being here?

Did he mention anything about coming in to check or repair things? Because I agree with others, this sounds more like he wants to be certain you're by yourself at night.

You’re meant to have full enjoyment of a rental property which includes having guests to stay. LL cannot legally ban this

Sounds like a creep