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.

OP is he trying to charge you for the locksmith? If not I'd take a deep breath and thank heavens he's out of your life.
If he is tell him to take it up with the deposit protection scheme and send them your paper trail re dropping off the keys today. Do drop the keys off today though regardless, just to keep yourself unarguably in the right on that front!

@DustyDoorframes no luckily I don't think he's trying to charge us for that. My husband just dropped off the keys and was able to take pictures of the flat (which was immaculate!) so fingers crossed I can be rid of him. He said I can expect his inspection notes and depsoit back within 10 days, which is fine and is what the standard amount of time is. We also just bought our first house so never need to be a tenant again :)

Champagne with lunch in that case and if he comes back with nonsense in 10 days time you can cross that bridge then! Congratulations!

@DustyDoorframes thank you!! :)

If you had the cleaners there on weds, which you paid for, I’d be keen to make sure they A) turned up B) did the work you paid them for. I’d have gone there between weds evening and Friday.

Sounds like wires were crossed. If you agreed to drop the keys at LA today, all well and good. But unless you paid for an extra day, it’s not your flat as of today. So LL is within his rights.

Swearing and name calling aside, because that doesn’t change the legality of the situation.

I’m surprised you didn’t have to meet with the LA or LL to do a final inspection and inventory. That seems odd. But obviously things have become heated for whatever reason, so maybe clouds the issue.

Congrats on getting your own place.
You’ll look back at your post in a few weeks time and laugh.
It’s been a stressful time .
All the best

Just to warn you I had a similar informal agreement with a landlord that my contract ended on the Friday but I couldn't take everything by then so I left a few things in the garden and picked them up on Saturday.
Come the deposit settle up and he'd deducted another day of rent. Said I still had access to the property (albeit only the garden as I'd returned the keys), used the photos from the inventory clerk as proof and charged me a day's rent.
I wouldn't be surprised if yours does the same, as you have the keys in your possession for another day.

@ImaginaryCat if he did do that then I'd take it up with the Deposit Scheme as we mutually agreed this date and its illegal to deduct money from a depsoit without both parties agreeing - if they do try and charge you and deduct it without permission then you have to take it up with the government deposit scheme. We also had no items left in the property at all - it was completely spotless. So he would've seen that when he went in.

I did argue with the Deposit Scheme holder, but they found in his favour. Said that as I still had access to part of the property I owed another day of rent. I showed our email communication in which LL had agreed I could put stuff in the garden but they still said he was entitled to the extra money.

@ImaginaryCat hmm yeah it's a tough one and I sort of see his point but very unfair of him to not pre-warn you that he would charge you because you probably could've sorted it out to avoid the charge - less people these days that do things simply for the greater good/to be a decent person...