Landlord and their family!

[sixminusone]

My landlord has kindly taken to painting the outside of the house, over the course of a few weeks a few days here and there.
Each time they come (as a couple), the man does the work and the woman stands around and watches him, which is fine.
However, on three different occasions she has invited her son, or her sister and her sister's husband to come and visit her while she's here!
They stand around in the garden chatting and discussing goodness knows what (in another language). I didn't mind the first time around, but it seems every time they come, they're here for the day and spend a considerable amount of time with their guests in my house!
AIBU for being annoyed!? And how can I kindly ask them not to do this? She never asks if it's ok for them to come either.

Not acceptable at all

We had this and one of the older woman literally walked in my garden door, through my kitche

Are they actually in your house? If they spend a considerable portion of the day there, where are they going to the bathroom? Or having food? Being in your house is a definite no no, it's a bit trickier if they are just in your garden but either way they don't have any rights to be there for no good reason.

Sorry not sure why that cut off!

Anyway she walked though the kitchen into the bathroom and then out again but not before turning her nose up at the wine I had out to go with dinner.

I also had two of them help themselves to herbs from my garden!

In the end I put it in writing via email to my landlord that although works may be essential, they needed to be carried out with just the approval person and that they were not to bring family with them. That anyone else would be treated as trespassing. And that entry to the house would be by arrangement and with no less than 24 hours notice and approval.

It actually worked. I think some will take the piss until you say no.

Unbelievable. Of course that was not ok behaviour. I’m a landlord and 1) give notice I’m coming and only for required repairs 2) if I bring my husband I let tenant know and he’s there to do DIY / repairs, not hang around 3) I only enter on a “need to enter” basis si if a room doesn’t need anything doing I don’t go in. I also respect
tenants’ habits eg take my shoes off on entering if that’s what they do. Glad you gave them a written warning, you have the right to peaceful enjoyment of your home.

I'd be more concerned that they were thinking of putting it on the market

That's appalling.

I'm a LL and I'd never dream of that behaviour.

You'd be within your rights to request at least 24 hours' notice, and I'd be asking why any access inside the home is needed.