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Person came into my place landlord has no idea who

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    #32
    GHOST MGG
    Registered Users Posts: 940 ✭✭✭GHOST MGG


    petes wrote: »
    Does your post man come in to your house?

    my postman always rings twice:p


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    #33
    cerastes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭cerastes


    beauf wrote: »
    If theres a burst pipe you want a letter?

    Hey hey Mr postman, I think the OP wants Mr Postman to come and have a look and see? He said something about the postman not delivering letters to his postbox, its miles away?
    The landlord cant be contacted as he was at a mooring, thats not a fixed abode, if thats the case he's probably adept at dealing with large volumes of water.

    Tbh you wouldnt want to enter, unless you got specific instruction from the tenant, even if you told the landlord there was a biblical flood, but he'd have to wait for you to get home or bother to answer the phone, in the meantime, its ok, add ballast in the form of an extra tenant and some rubbish, that'll keep her afloat.


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    #34
    Oink
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 2,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭Oink


    Its not complicated.

    How many sets of keys to your place? If there are say, 4 sets of keys, and none of the 4 know who it was, then it was unauthorized entry and should be reported to the guards.

    Also the locks should be changed immediately or else I'm pretty sure that anything that happens until then is avoidable and not covered by insurance


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    #35
    cerastes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭cerastes


    OP, change the lock, give everyone a set of keys and leave the landlord a set outside the door, that way if anyone else comes along they wont have a set of keys to get in as theirs wont work.

    Seriously, change the lock, inform the landlord


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    #36
    gordongekko
    Registered Users Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    cerastes wrote: »
    OP, change the lock, give everyone a set of keys and leave the landlord a set outside the door, that way if anyone else comes along they wont have a set of keys to get in as theirs wont work.

    Seriously, change the lock, inform the landlord

    Unless they find the set you left outside


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    #37
    cerastes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,601 ✭✭✭cerastes


    gordongekko wrote: »
    Unless they find the set you left outside

    Indeed. If this was after hours, Id probably comment more, but I think Ive said enough.
    Do let us know if you have anymore visitors OP or if you get the lock done, or not.


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    #38
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    ...Once a tenant occupies the property, a landlord is only
    allowed to enter the property with the tenant’s permission or
    in an emergency    ...

    Tenants might want to avoid getting charged for a new lock/ locksmith out of their deposit. (if the LL finds they have no key to new locks) Or any damage caused by the LL not being able to access the property in an emergency. So inform the LL and give them a key if appropriate.


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    #39
    gdavis
    Registered Users Posts: 771 ✭✭✭gdavis


    maybe it was post to be the post man!! or someone coming in to tell u that the word u were looking for is actually,SUPPOSED


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    #40
    Gmol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,281 ✭✭✭Gmol


    samapple789 wrote: »
    No i didn't Witch is even worse going to call into there office later and see what there going to say to me.

    As the girls i live with are still very nerves being in the place when i am not there.

    Some joke all the same from the landlord

    Could it have been some kids in haloween costumes?


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    #41
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    beauf wrote: »
    If the LL needs access for some emergency (burst pipe etc) but can't because of the lock change. I wonder what happens then.

    How does he know there is a burst pipe?


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    #42
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Tigger wrote: »
    How does he know there is a burst pipe?


    Because he lets himself/herself in when you are sleeping;)

    Just change locks op as said safer and will make you all feel a bit better.

    LL as said has to request to enter or in emergency but sure sh1t happens.

    Change lock or get a dog but I for 1 would not want to walk into a place with a few angry women....


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    #43
    TrustedApple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭TrustedApple


    Like as to get into my building where i live you need a keycode so they must have been a former person who lived in the building and in my place.

    I am afard of the girls i live with if i leave the loo seat up they put a sticky note beside giving out and if its down i would get a sticky note LoL

    I nearly have a sheet of paper in witch if i get 5 rainbows i am aloud to go out with my friends this week :P


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    #44
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    doesn't really matter who or why. You have to ensure everyone in the houses security. So the locks will have to be changed. Make sure when everyone is in, or no one is due back you bolt the door.


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    #45
    Rackstar
    Registered Users Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭Rackstar


    samapple789 wrote: »
    Like as to get into my building where i live you need a keycode so they must have been a former person who lived in the building and in my place.

    I am afard of the girls i live with if i leave the loo seat up they put a sticky note beside giving out and if its down i would get a sticky note LoL

    I nearly have a sheet of paper in witch if i get 5 rainbows i am aloud to go out with my friends this week :P

    Hard to know what to make of this...


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    #46
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Tigger wrote: »
    How does he know there is a burst pipe?

    Often water leaking into adjoining properties. During the severe cold a while back burst pipes especially over holidays was a big problem for tenants and LL. Especially if people where away.

    Its just an general point about why a LL might need access. Its a secondary point to safety.


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    #47
    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    I would class my own safety as number 1 then anything else....


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    #48
    emeldc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,597 ✭✭✭emeldc


    gdavis wrote: »
    maybe it was post to be the post man!! or someone coming in to tell u that the word u were looking for is actually,SUPPOSED

    That's rich coming from u when the word you're looking for is 'you'.


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    #49
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,285 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    Back on topic guys- and quit with the sniping at one another regarding spelling deficiencies etc. Take this as your one and only warning.


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    #50
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,615 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Contact landlord about changing locks -> change locks [/saga]


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    #51
    MayoAreMagic
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    Any word back from the CCTV yet?

    My money is on the landlord going in for a snoop around when they thought nobody was there and then denying it. Have often seen this. In their mind they are keeping an eye on their property for piece of mind. Also, if it was an intruder, then why didn't they take anything or spend more time looking for things like money etc?

    Who runs the cctv? Would the landlord know them well? Could that be the reason why it is taking so long to carry out the straightforward procedure of looking at a video?


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    #52
    cob1
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭cob1


    is it not obvious that it was the landlord having a quick look around? given the intruder had a key and the passcode? sure it could be an old tenant, but why would they do this and risk getting arrested? to pick up mail???

    demand he changes the locks, at least he'll pay for the entry he shouldn't have done. if it was an intruder (which I doubt it was) then the locks need to be changed ASAP. I would say before the bank holiday weekend as a matter of urgency. isn't the intruder very likely to return over the bank holiday weekend when he hopes people will be away?


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    #53
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,648 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    I was thinking if it was the LL, he won't want to change the locks. But then many LL's wouldn't be rushing to change the locks regardless. So that not really any indication.


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    #54
    googled eyes
    Registered Users Posts: 4,629 ✭✭✭googled eyes


    Have to agree about changing the lock. Just inform the LL and get the extra keys cut. Could be done before dinner today. Nothing to worry about then.

    I'd also be getting back onto the CCTV company to tell them that you've had an intruder and wish to inform the gardai.


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    #55
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,615 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    googled eyes wrote: »
    Have to agree about changing the lock. Just inform the LL and get the extra keys cut. Could be done before dinner today. Nothing to worry about then.

    I'd also be getting back onto the CCTV company to tell them that you've had an intruder and wish to inform the gardai.

    +1.

    In that order of priority.


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    #56
    firestarter51
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭firestarter51


    i would change the lock and inform the landlord that you have done so and offer him a key
    then get onto the local guards
    there are some sickos out there, could be a lot worse next time


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    #57
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users Posts: 7,953 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Definitely get a new key cut today.Fight over who pays the bill after.

    A friend of mine had a similar experience with someone entering with a key while she was still in bed one morning, she met him in the hallway upstairs. It turned out he was an estate agent in the wrong house. She called the guards and he waited for them and it turned out the key he had,which was for another house on the road, fitted her door. In the end it transpired that all of the houses in the estate that had the original door fitted in the 70's were all opened by the same key. Lots of homes had since had porches and PVC doors fitted but several still had the original door and all needed new keys.

    It was pretty creepy but still it turned out there was a logical if unexpected explanation. Regardless of what happened in your case though there's only one way to ensure your safety and that would need to be your first priority.


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    #58
    magicmoves
    Registered Users Posts: 471 ✭✭magicmoves


    Any update on who the person was?


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    #59
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Hard to believe the lock has not been changed... one place I lived in I came home one day to find all the doors open and things moved... called the ll immediately and insisted the lock was changed immediately. He admitted he had not taken keys in from previous tenants. A priority for simple safety.


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