To think letting agent shouldn't have entered the house when dsd's were the only ones up.

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Agent called in at about 9am to inspect house (we have no idea if we forgot this appt. or if they forget to tell us) DH was still asleep after working a late night. Eldest dd (12) answered the door and agent asked to come in to do house inspection. Dd said dad was asleep and she didn't want to wake him. The agent asked to come in anyway. So did.

I feel very uncomfortable with the fact he did this. I don't prescribe to the pedophile on every corner train of thought but I am pissed off he came in anyway knowing the adult in the house was unavaliable.

I also think he was very stupid to put himself in the position of being alone with two young girls, as a teacher I am aware of the possibility of false allegations. This being why you are advised not to be in a closed classroom with a student.

I'm also pissed off that when dh rang to tell him that we weren't comfortable with what happened he didn't take it seriously at all.

We will discuss with dsds about not letting anyone into the house they don't know. I can't imagine that they haven't been told it before but may need reminding.

Would I be unreasonable to follow up the phone call with an email as dh was left feeling dismissed or am I over thinking this?

Not entirely true Font about not letting vampires in - you just have to be sure to let the right one in (bada bing)

badoom tish... :)

But don't you know it renders you powerless you silly boy?

Perhaps I am more sensitive to issues like this due to child protection training

Yes I'd say you probably are

There are certain professions (teaching is one of them) where they've had to have so much CP training...they forget other people just live in the every day world and simply get on with their jobs.

As many have said, your DSD chose to let him in and chose not to wake her Dad.

They may have been the wrong choices but that's not the guy's fault.

But it is his fault for entering the house knowing that there was no adult awake, he is the one with the desicion making skills of an adult.

However, i'm also able to see that it is easy not to see an issue in that if you're not involved with children on daily basis in the way a teacher is.

To be honest, I don't know if I will email, I may mention it the next time our paths cross, as the letting agency is literally a 7 minute walk from our house i'm sure it won't be long before they do.

What Anon said.
What on earth do people think letting agents are going to do to 12 year olds? Why do people think like this?
Don't you know you have a better chance of being hit by lightening than molested by letting agents at 8 am while your dad is asleep upstairs?

I presume you haven't read the whole thread?

Mind you, I tell my dsd not to swim in a thunderstorm too.

They are also more likely to get hit by a car crossing a road, but then thats why they look before they cross and as a driver I drive more carefully when around school areas.

They also aren't likely to get dragged off the street and kidnapped, but they still don't go off with strangers, as a stranger I don't ask kids if they want to come see my puppies...

As a stranger, I wouldn't enter a house with two kids I don't know and no adults.

I just wouldn't.

So snail whilst I don't think it likely that they were going to be molested by the LA, or run over by a car or kidnapped off the street, it doesn't mean that I don't try and keep my dd and dsds safe anyway. Neither does it make me hysterical.

I think a 12 year old is more than capable of letting a lettings agent in. Besides which, she may have looked older. She should've woken her father if there was a problem.

A lettings agent may enter the house without anyone present, providing they give notice. One I used would come in every couple of months for some reason or another, which drove me nuts. But we were never in because we all worked during the week.

I think from a legal point of view a child is deemed not capable of giving permission for people to enter the house, there is also the fact that they are not party to any contract with the letting agent so again do not have the legal right to give other people permission to come in. The letting agent has to give by law 24 hour written notice, but you cannot unreasonably refuse this. The only time they can come in without permission is if it is a genuine emergency.

If you have complaints about them you should complain to them in writing, and if they do not respond in a satisfactory manner check to see if they belong to an ombudsman scheme and complain to them. Letting agents should not be coming into homes without permission, and should not be using children to gain permission (not that permission from a child counts as permission).