On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:25:16 +0100, Robbie put finger to keyboard and
typed:

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.

Because it's not their house, they're not paying the workman and they
can't realistically expect to always be able to supervise any work
that the landlord arranges (unless they either don't work or they're
prepared to take time off at short notice just to be there when work
is in progress).

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.

The "someone" would normally be the owner or his representative.

Mark