judith wrote:
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:10:07 +0100, Mark Goodge
wrote:

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:05:04 +0100, Yellow put finger to keyboard and
typed:

Mark Goodge ] said:
Not as a general rule, no. But, if you're a tenant, and you report
that something is broken and needs fixing, it's not unreasonable for
the landlord to assume that the report constitutes an invitation to
enter in order to fix it. That's what normally happens, anyway.
You use the work "normal" a lot. Normal in what context?

Normal in the context of my own experience and that of other people I
know.


I will be surprised if anyone else admits to this "normal" behaviour
of allowing unknown people to enter their house whilst they are not
there for whatever purpose.

Anyone?


I agree with you.

I can't see many owner occupiers giving an unknown workman a key to
enter their house as and when just because the workman is needed to do a
minor repair job. So why would someone who is a tenant be expected to
throw all caution to the wind and do the complete opposite of a house
owner and allow unsupervised access is beyond me.

A home is a home, regardless of the status of how it is occupied and I'd
imagine most people would feel uncomfortable that someone unknown was
opening the front door and entering their home without someone being
there to supervise them.

--
Robbie