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>our landlord does have a physical copy of the key to our house The practice in Turkey is to change the lock as soon as you move to your apartment. And most of

>our landlord does have a physical copy of the key to our house The practice in Turkey is to change the lock as soon as you move to your apartment. And most of the time landlords say "I don't want to be accountable if someone enters to the apartment, thus change the locks as soon as possible". And even though the landlord owns the property he is not allowed to enter to the apartment, there is a specific law for that.

gambiting 8y ago
I'm not saying that the landlord has to have the key over here - I could change the locks if I wanted to - I'm just saying that in my experience it was always beneficial - when I locked myself out, or had someone coming over to repair the boiler or something else...the landlord was always happy to come over and unlock the door. For me it's a benefit, not a downside.
- learnstats2 8y ago
  This is not a benefit of landlord's legal right to access. Even if you consider these particular benefits, you should be able to make the choice of whether or not to give your landlord (or another trusted person) a spare key.
  - gambiting 8y ago
    >>you should be able to make the choice of whether or not to give your landlord (or another trusted person) a spare key. I do have that choice. I can go and change my locks today if I chose to and the landlord can't legally stop me from doing so. I just chose not to, because to me(personally) the landlord having the key is worth the benefit it provides.
    - learnstats2 8y ago
      You can choose to do that, but it's ambiguous whether or not it's legal e.g. https://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2011/03/07/tenants-legal-help-when-the-police-unjustly-support-your-landlord/ https://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2011/03/07/tenants-legal-h...
- rusticpenn 8y ago
  It depends on the trust. There are friendly landlords and then there are bad landlords and worse, landlords who are extremely afraid of their property values going down.

gambiting 8y ago

I'm not saying that the landlord has to have the key over here - I could change the locks if I wanted to - I'm just saying that in my experience it was always beneficial - when I locked myself out, or had someone coming over to repair the boiler or something else...the landlord was always happy to come over and unlock the door. For me it's a benefit, not a downside.

learnstats2 8y ago
This is not a benefit of landlord's legal right to access. Even if you consider these particular benefits, you should be able to make the choice of whether or not to give your landlord (or another trusted person) a spare key.
- gambiting 8y ago
  >>you should be able to make the choice of whether or not to give your landlord (or another trusted person) a spare key. I do have that choice. I can go and change my locks today if I chose to and the landlord can't legally stop me from doing so. I just chose not to, because to me(personally) the landlord having the key is worth the benefit it provides.
  - learnstats2 8y ago
    You can choose to do that, but it's ambiguous whether or not it's legal e.g. https://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2011/03/07/tenants-legal-help-when-the-police-unjustly-support-your-landlord/ https://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2011/03/07/tenants-legal-h...
rusticpenn 8y ago
It depends on the trust. There are friendly landlords and then there are bad landlords and worse, landlords who are extremely afraid of their property values going down.