My landlord changed my locks

Raumarik · 23 Dec 2014 at 00:17

Shouldn't have withheld rent that was due, that weakens your position. Call the police, he entered without permission and stole your belongings.

Castiel · 23 Dec 2014 at 00:24

Without knowing which jurisdiction you live in, it is impossible to give you any objective and meaningful advice whatsoever.

Destination · 23 Dec 2014 at 00:26

Halfmad said:
Shouldn't have withheld rent that was due, that weakens your position. Call the police, he entered without permission and stole your belongings.

He isn't in this country, so we've no idea what his legal position is. Better than that, he called people on the thread feeble minded for answering him. Stating a position which he doesn't know to be correct.

Get your own position clarified OP.

Coke headed chap might take a dislike to you and batter you. He might trash your stuff. He might sell it off if he noticed you have smashed off a lock to the basement, he might out in a better lock.

When you told him that he wouldn't receive the place back in a pristine condition, but in a good condition with wear and tear, did you use the term feeble minded to him?

Destination · 23 Dec 2014 at 00:27

Where exactly is Northern Europe?

Amnesia · 23 Dec 2014 at 00:27

Halfmad said:
he entered without permission and stole your belongings.

has he though ?
he said he went back to retrieve some stuff, had he moved out and that is why the landlord changed the locks and stored tenants stuff in basement ?

oulton · 23 Dec 2014 at 00:34

maccapacca said:
Sounds like screwing landlords out of the last months rent is pretty standard as well, probably the reason three months deposit is required. Vicious circle and all that.

Do shush your mouth, baiting will get you no where with me poor man.

Amnesia · 23 Dec 2014 at 00:40

thanks

doofer · 23 Dec 2014 at 00:42

Hikari Kisugi said:
Where exactly is Northern Europe?

Ironically the OP seems awfully feeble minded themselves when it comes to telling the people he's asking for help/advice where he actually is... :rolleyes:

Destination · 23 Dec 2014 at 00:43

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What country are you in?

bradUK · 23 Dec 2014 at 00:49

How do you know he's a coke head?

AtreuS · 23 Dec 2014 at 01:13

bradUK said:
How do you know he's a coke head?

TBH the op sounds like a coke head....

Energize · 23 Dec 2014 at 01:19

Wow, withholding the rent was stupid. Why would you do that? You give him every right to change the locks and remove your stuff when you behave like that as you effectively become squatters, freeloading on his property.

By damaging the locks he has fitted you can say goodbye to some of your deposit.

And no, removing property from a rented apartment is not theft. It's entirely reasonable for a landlord to remove an ex tenants property and store it at cost to the tenant.

booyaka said:
I would seriously suggest removing all the references to drink and drug on a public forum. If you are considering legal avenue - comments about another individual like that certainly won't help you!

The best advice I can give you is go and see the CAB or speak to a solicitor immediately

Meh already in googles cache anyway.

opstrat · 23 Dec 2014 at 01:24

i believe the op is in Sweden. doubt that helps anyone.

holymonk · 23 Dec 2014 at 01:26

Is he a pimp?

opstrat · 23 Dec 2014 at 01:28

holymonk said:
Is he a pimp?

The op? could be

marc2003 · 23 Dec 2014 at 01:41

withholding 1700 quid rent when your landlord is holding a £4000 deposit. incredible!

dowie · 23 Dec 2014 at 02:12

Castiel said:
Without knowing which jurisdiction you live in, it is impossible to give you any objective and meaningful advice whatsoever.

this basically

Energize said:
Wow, withholding the rent was stupid. Why would you do that? You give him every right to change the locks and remove your stuff when you behave like that as you effectively become squatters, freeloading on his property.

that is rather unlikely in most developed countries - perhaps in some red states in the US they can? But usually you don't get to just evict people on a whim even if they do owe you money - requires a court order in most places.

mattyprice4004 · 23 Dec 2014 at 03:14

Asking for help relating to law, and not telling us where he lives?
That's a whole new kind of special.

Energize · 23 Dec 2014 at 03:36

dowie said:
that is rather unlikely in most developed countries - perhaps in some red states in the US they can? But usually you don't get to just evict people on a whim even if they do owe you money - requires a court order in most places.

Well I was talking more moral right than legal right, but given the op's attitude and that we have less than half a story here, it would not surprise me to find out this was a legal eviction.

Efour · 23 Dec 2014 at 05:28

Sounds like the ramblings of a coke head....