Landlord breaking and entering?

[Daydreamer71]

e’s going into the property at 9.15 but I didn’t consent to him doing that. We agreed last week I would drop the keys to the letting agent as he told me he was too busy to meet me, and only this morning he’s been like I’m getting the keys at 9.15 to do the inspection. We haven’t even done the inspection ourselves- we thought we had time Cos he told me to drop the keys any time in the day to the letting agent.

@hadthesnip2 not really being arsey is it. I just wanted some advice about the situation. He was the one that called me a fucking bitch on the phone and that he was going to 'lose his rag with me'. Point is out of courtesy we agreed well in advance that we would drop the keys to the letting agent today - he then changed his mind at 8am this morning. Also out of courtesy we have him 2 months notice - we were on a fixed term agreement so we weren't legally obliged to give any notice at all. But again courtesy. Why can't more people just be decent humans about stuff like this.

You have to give notice to end a fixed term ast, or it can roll on.

A landlord has to give 24hrs notice for the annual gas safety check, the same notice if he want's to check the property, he has no business letting himself in without your permission

@viques and now being picky over a thread title 🙄 Jesus all I wanted was a second opinion on the situation!

I’d just move on, it is what it is, no point worrying about it now- it’s done and you don’t need to deal with him again!

@LIZS stfu 🙄

@Nearlyfriyay987654321 thanks!

Landlords have the right to enter the property they own.

Incorrect.

OP, you’re mistaken. Legally the landlord needs to give you 24 hours’ notice and you need to grant access.

Incorrect.

However, your tenancy has ended so this changes things.

@MidsomerBurgers exactly.

Which is why I came on here for a second opinion and a bit of advice because yes the tenancy has ended but we mutually agreed to do something which he then went back on - and swore/shouted at me etc. So I wanted to see what I should do / if I can do anything. Didn't expect to be inundated with judgy comments!

Does he know you've already moved out ?

If he does know that you are not living there then he probably thinks while he has the time, he can pop in to do inspection.

If he doesn't know that you've moved out, he probably thinks he'll call in to do inspection while your there (but obvs you're not there).

Either way, and even though you agreed an extra day you're not living there, you're not there, he has the time now to inspect the empty property. You should have arranged yourself to check the work done on Wednesday, not left it to the last minute. You could have said to him that you would come and meet him when he texted you. Most landlords will change locks when a tenant moves out.

Thing is though, you're getting ahhh with everyone but you didn't mention he'd been verbally abusive towards you in the OP... posters aren't psychic.

If you'd said originally that he'd been calling you a fucking bitch then you'd probably have got a response you'd wanted...

You're getting aggy *

@Lipz definitely - In hindsight I would've 100% gone there on Wednesday, but the point is I trusted our agreed arrangement that I would simply drop the keys off to the letting agent during the course of today and that be it. But at 8am this morning he tells me he's going in at 9.15am when he knows we are now an hour away. So essentially I trusted him and our agreed arrangement which I shouldn't have done. And Yes he knew we had already moved out.

My husband just called to tell me he was given permission to go into the flat and take pictures - he said it was absolutely spotless and cleaner than when we'd moved in.

Obviously he’s been extremely rude and completely out of order. But you’re being completely unreasonable, OP.

@MidsomerBurgers would you like to share your interpretation of the legislation?

@JoJoSM2 lol...

being picky over a thread title

I said it was over dramatic, which it is.

I could have said inaccurate - he used a locksmith to gain access to his own property.

Or I could have said defamatory - you implied that your landlord was acting illegally,

But I just said over dramatic. Sorry if it offended.

@stilldontgiveaf ffs you lot are so picky! the abusive phone call actually happened after I posted the original post !

@viques he already had a set of keys to the flat so he didn't need a locksmith just to be able to get in.

OP, do you have a diagnosis of OCD?

@SpamChaudFroid yup. Why do you ask?

It sounds like you had an agreement to drop the keys today. That's not the same as an agreement to access the house today. You should have ensured everything was done inside the house by the end of yesterday then dropped the keys today. As you contact is over and you'd not agreed any access to the house the landlord had every right to do as he saw fit with his house today.

Sounds like it’s all sorted now.

I asked because a few posts back you mentioned you "were a bit OCD like that", (paraphrasing).

@Bufferingkisses I know but it's sorted now. My husband was given permission to give into the property and take pictures, he said it was cleaner than when we'd moved in. Obviously after the way the landlord spoke to me and how it's all been handled I'm Worried he might try and sting us with charges but at least we have proof of everything. And We know we kept the property in really good condition throughout and were always courteous of the landlord.

@SpamChaudFroid sorry but I don't see what that has to do with anything on this thread?