On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:15:12 +0100, Mark Goodge wrote:

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:55:03 +0100, Alex Heney put finger to keyboard
and typed:

Just because Mark is male, that does not mean any other males share his
views.

I certainly don't.

If I was renting accommodation and came home to find a stranger in the
house without any warning, I would be holding him until the police
arrived, when I would expect him to be arrested and removed by them.

For the umpteenth time, I am not talking about a situation where there
is "no warning". I'm talking about a situation where the tenant has
informed the landlord that something needs fixing, and therefore has
reasonable grounds to expect that someone will attempt to fix it.

I have been in that exact situation with several landlords and all have
informed me that somebody would be coming round on a specific day. I
would have been very annoyed if I found they had let themselves in
without my knowledge. More so if it was only the workman and not the
landlord or letting agent rep as well.