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In every apartment I've lived in with such difficult-to-duplicate keys (such as magnetic locks and what not), I've been ask whether I want a second set; and/or
by scrollaway 8y ago
In every apartment I've lived in with such difficult-to-duplicate keys (such as magnetic locks and what not), I've been ask whether I want a second set; and/or the owner told me to ask them should that ever be the case.
Not quite sure what's different with that situation from before, other than slightly cheaper keys.
- nemothekid 8y agoIn my experience, in San Francisco, the owner will only give you a key for every name on the lease.
- SubiculumCode 8y agoNevertheless, you can at least hand a person (e.g. your visiting parents) your key so they can open the door without you.
- Scoundreller 8y agoSome buildings (or just the owners?) keep the copy for cleaners in a realtors lock box. Doesn’t stop a sophisticated attacker, but probably does the job when you want to fire the cleaner.
- Faaak 8y agoIn Switzerland I've always changed the locks to my apartment and its garage. 1) The landlord is _never_ allowed to enter your house 2) In an emergency, the firemen would just break the door.
- detaro 8y agoGP was talking about the entrance to the building, not the apartment. Having your own keys to the apartment doesn't help much if you only have one key to get into the building.
- scrollaway 8y agoYep, sorry for the lack of clarity. I assumed we were talking about building entrances, I've never had magnetic locks on an apartment itself.
- lovich 8y agoIn parts of the US I have lived in at least, not letting the landlord in under certain conditions allows the landlord to evict you or go after you for damages. There is no way to never let them in