We had a tenant who removed the standard bedroom door lock and replaced it with a keyed deadlock. The original bedroom door lock had one of those locks that you just flick over to lock it but it can be opened with a coin or a screwdriver if someone locked themselves inside and you needed access. The replacement meant that if the person inside choose to lock it from the inside there was no access to that room. I wonder if we would have been held responsible if somone locked themselves inside and emergency services couldn't get into the room in time.
The switch wasn't picked up by the PM, or by us for that matter either. It was easy to miss because it just looked like a normal door handle. It was only after they left that we realised what they had done. They didn't leave the key so we had to replace the lock. I guess we were lucky they didn't leave it in a locked position.
The switch wasn't picked up by the PM, or by us for that matter either. It was easy to miss because it just looked like a normal door handle. It was only after they left that we realised what they had done. They didn't leave the key so we had to replace the lock. I guess we were lucky they didn't leave it in a locked position.