On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:20:05 +0100, Steve Firth put finger to keyboard
and typed:

Mark Goodge wrote:

But many - probably most - tenants are usually happy for things to get
fixed as soon as possible when they need fixing, and often prefer the work
to be done while they're out as it's less disruptive to them.

I suspect that if that is the case then many tenants are careless about
security. The tenant would have no way of knowing if the workman were
supervised or not, and I certainly wouldn't let someone into my home to
wander about as they please.

Then again I'm not a tenant.

It depends on how much you trust your landlord, or his agent
(depending on which you normally deal with). I've never had one that I
didn't trust; if I'd ever found myself in a position where I felt that
wasn't the case then I'd have found a new place to live.

I'm not disputing that some landlords are utter *******s. And I'm sure
that there are people posting here who've had experience of them. But,
having seen a fair amount from both sides of the fence, my perception
is that the tenants are more likely to be the problem.

Mark