On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:45:12 +0100, Mark Goodge
wrote:

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.

No it wasn't.

The OP said
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Just had my Landlord's Agent call me to say he has a "Handy man"
outside my house trying to gain access with a key to do some repairs.
He failed (luckily) as the lock is a bit dodgy.
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There was nothing in the OP to suggest he had even asked for any
repairs to be carried out, but even if he had it is still "with no
warning" unless the landlord has at the very least told them "Acme
repair services will be coming to do the work on Friday" or something
similar.



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.

You might not think it unreasonable.

I would, if I were a tenant.

And the law would be on my side.
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