What can I do about a Labourer entering a room without reason?

id wait for him to complete the work , then when hes looking for payment tell him you want a sizeable discount for him being a nosey little kernt going through your stuff in your room.

He was probably looking for something to swipe .

He'll be hiding in your attic next....

Handyman found in attic of house where he had recently changed locks awarded €750 for unfair dismissal – The Irish Times

I would never leave anyone working inside my property (known or unknown) unless i was present. While this guy didn't "take" anything - the fact that he was in your bedroom when he had no business being there doesn't excuse this behaviour. It is a breach of trust and an invasion of privacy. I would definitely confront him about it - but only after the work in your living room is complete to your satisfaction and BEFORE you have paid him.

I hired a guy years ago to do a job in hallway, stairs, anyways I knew he came with other workmen and I had to be at work, couldn't stay there with them all day. However a friend of mine told me one of the workmen was known for rooting through all drawers in houses particularly underwear ones if he got the chance! He didn't take anything as such just got his kicks from it! I have locks on all my inside doors so locked everything bar bathroom/kitchen before they arrived.

Sure enough my friend heard back through the grapevine that 'the auld bit*h' locked all her doors, he wouldn't have known that if he hadn't tried them! Sometimes it's unavoidable leaving someone working in the house but all rooms not needed should be locked no matter how much you trust them, protects everyone.

He clearly shouldn't have done it but think abuot what will come of you confronting him. What will you get from it. You will be unable to use a good local tradesperson, which are very hard to come by. You also may be bad mounthed by him to other tradespeople.

Propbably best to just mention to him that you got alerts about movement in the room from your alarm system and ask if anyone called around while he was there. Perhaps say then you must check the security cameras and leave it at that.

Is the fella gonna say "I didn't consent to being filmed when I was caught on camera sneaking into your bedroom and rummaging through your belongings looking for money to steal and knickers to sniff! I am outraged"?

I was not intending to "victim-blame". I was counselling some restraint rather than jumping in without thinking things through. Obviously there are people with other views and it's up to the OP which tack he/she takes.

Like others, I would not as a rule have tradespersons working in my house while we are away, but sometimes that's unavoidable. A few years ago we had our house rewired and had no choice but to get out for a week while the work was under way. Having established to our satisfaction that the people doing the job were trustworthy, we let them get on with it. We ensured that valuables were removed from the house and stored elsewhere but whether they poked around in the place, we will never know. We haven't got, nor do we feel the need for, cameras or other gizmos that allow us to monitor things in and around the house.

So the fella gets fired. At least you have the moral high ground to stand on.

The other conclusion may be that it's a bull***t story.

I read Labourer as Labrador and thought to myself, this should be fun.

They're tricky beasts.

Have to say, there's some nasty prícks in this thread.

Edit: I think I may have misunderstood callaway92's post. Apologies

Back in the 80's when I learning my trade, we were working in someone's house and they'd left the radio on in the kitchen, but it was tuned into RTE radio 1. As none of the owners were at home, myself and the lad who was working with me thought nothing of turning the station over to 2fm rather than listen to the pompous ramblings of Gaybo and Co.

Talk about regretting a rash decision . . The owner arrived home in the evening while we were tidying up, and while he didn't say anything to us directly, he rang our boss that night giving out shite about us being disrespectful and interfering with his personal property.

Our boss ripped us to shreds the next morning and demanded that we apologise to the owner, and he docked us both a days pay. There was a horrible atmosphere at work for a couple of weeks after that incident until our boss eventually cleared the air one teabreak.

Learnt an important lesson though, never touch any clients personal belongings, especially the poxy radio without their express permission.

In principle. most would be against the death penalty..........but there are limits as your example suggests

Who knows what he did in the rooms which don't have a camera.

In six months time you might realise you can't lay your hands on some little item, and you'll be wondering if the lad "lifted" it.

Lesson learned about locking doors!