Your question
The landlord has kept a single room within the property just to leave some possessions in. However, he comes and goes when he pleases and doesn’t tell us when he is entering the property to go into that room. Is this allowed?
Your answer
It depends on the type of tenancy you have.
If you rent a room in a shared house where you all rent your own room under separate tenancy agreements, with shared use of the common parts – then no, you cannot really prevent him coming in. You only have the right to prevent him coming into YOUR room.
This will also normally be the case if you are a lodger or have a residential license. You can check your occupation type using our free guide here.
However, if you all signed a tenancy agreement on a ‘joint and several’ basis for the whole of the rest of the property (or if you are a sole tenant of the rest of the property), then he is not supposed to enter without your permission. And he should really give 24 hours written notice.
After all, although he has retained the use of one room for himself, he has to go through the rest of the property to get to it – and the rest of the property has been let to you! He no longer has right of access. So he can’t go in and out as he pleases.
We have a premium guide that covers the situation where landlords keep entering rented property which you can use if you want to complain to him. As he is entering to reach a room he has retained for his own use, you will need to adapt the letters slightly to reflect this.
Premium guide
Help if your landlord is entering your rented property without consent
An explanation of the law and some standard letters you can use if your landlord or his agent continue to do this.
8-12 minutes to read
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