RallyX26 t1_iydc1up wrote
Reply to comment by greentiger1326 in LPT: If you live in an apartment, don't just change your locks. Find a locksmith that can sell you a "key control" lockset. This means that only authorized people can make copies. Apartments will make multiple copies of your keys if they can. by [deleted]
You are better than 99% of the maintenance managers I've encountered. I always made sure that I abided by the contract I signed, which (in my case) always stipulated that you may change the locks but you must give notice and provide (usually two) keys to the management.
In my state, by law a landlord must give at least 12 hours notice to tenants before making a non-emergency entry, but multiple times I came home to muddy boot prints on my floor (one time it was paint, which was fun). No notice was given, and no note was left explaining the reason for entry.
It's good that you have high standards and trust yourself to stick to them, but even if I'm your tenant, I don't know you from Adam and I would rather trust myself to give you a key that is impossible for you to copy. No offense, but you're not looking at this from the perspective of a tenant.
MyNameIsSkittles t1_iydkuqb wrote
Why aren't you reporting your landlord to your tenancy authority?
This is why slumlords do what they do. No one reports their ass
RallyX26 t1_iydzc6n wrote
Because this was 8 years ago and I didn't know about tenancy authorities
MyNameIsSkittles t1_iydznk8 wrote
Right so the LPT would be: learn who your tenancy authority is and learn the tenancy laws. Report landlords for not following them
You don't just go change the locks. For most people that would result in eviction
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