someone is in my kitchen downstairs

[Pendu]

I probably am BU but anyway...

My boiler went wrong (again) and I emailed my letting agent (we don't deal with the landlord directly). He said someone would contact me to fix it.

It's always going wrong and sometimes I come home and I can see someone has come into the house when I've been out. I never get a message or a call. So I emailed my agent said I do not want anyone in the house without permission - it doesn't make me feel comfortable, I have no chance to have a little tidy up , I don't get to even point out the problem and DH sometimes works nights and doesn't want to be woken up with these surprise visits. (They are usually unexpected like a week after we report a problem)

Anyway 8am and I hear banging - I ignore it. I had no sleep due to one dc being sick and I have bad spd.

I have a peek and it's the damn damn plumber.(he's rude aswell but that's another story).

He kept banging, I kept ignoring because I had no call no message.

Now he's let himself in.

What shall I do? I'm reeling

Ok so he should never have let himself in but could you not just get up and answer the door?

Id want my boiler fixed and if it meant the plumber seeing an untidy house then so be it.

I think sometimes the problem is that some landlords see the house as their home and not as a product. Because they see the house as their home they think that they can come and go as they please. Forgetting that it is actually someone elses home.

Exactly reboot. It's their property. It's my home.
I'm a landlord too and I would never treat my tenants like that. Completely out of order.
My landlord does stuff like ring the bell and ask like I really have a choice if it's OK to do stuff in the garden/around the exterior of the house...I've yet to have the courage to say "No it's not convenient right now." If they wanted to come inside I would probably refuse though. landlord is a bit snooty and we live like slobs