On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:35:04 +0100, Alex Heney put finger to keyboard
and typed:

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".

Why do you believe that?

Because that's what the original thread was about.

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.

So what?

That *still* does not give the right of entry without prior
arrangements (i.e WITH NO WARNING).

It doesn't give him the right of entry, no. We've already established
that. I'm just pointing out that it's not unreasonable for a tenant to
be happy for someone to fix a problem as soon as possible rather than
wait for a time when an appointment can be arranged.

Mark