I got a tribunal order to lock out the tenants of my investment property.
Agent booked a locksmith to perform the lockout. The locksmith replaced my $200 Lockwood lock with a second hand internal bathroom type that you can buy for $10 bucks or less. I installed the old Lockwood unit myself with my dad but opted to instruct the agent to book the locksmith to do the lockout as it was on a weekday and thought it would be best to avoid getting involved personally.
Should I ask for it back?
Do you want to keep the lock? If so then call him and arrange to pick it up
I would rather get the agent to get it back.
Either way, if you would like to keep the lock then arrange to have it collected from the locksmith
You better act asap as sometime the lock smith just disposal the lock.
Get it Back.
Sounds like a dodgy locksmith if he fitted a cheap used internal lock on an external door.
Presumably he will just dispose if he doesn't have the keys, which would be common practice, although I believe he could obtain the keys if the code is stamped on the lock and sounds like he would probably resuse.
He has probably already replaced the barrel, sold it to someone else for over $200 and is out spending it on eneloops.
My client/mate is the agent and I've dobbed the locksmith in. The prick might lose this gig. He has the key as the agent have him his copy.
dobbed him in for what ? using the wrong type of lock ? or keeping the lock ?
did you specify what lock to use ? or just "the cheapest"? was there options on the lock he would use with varied costs ?
did you ask for the lock back ? most cases where something is replaced you do not get the original back unless you ask for it as it is deemed useless, hence you paying for it to be replaced.
The agent won't be using champion anymore.He took the fully functioning near new $200 lockwood and keys from the agent's girl and put in an internal bathroom lock.
He could've changed the barrell.He took it because he had the key and will most likely instal it for someone else at a profit.
The agent asked him to deliver it to their office with the old keys. I will arrange to give him his bathroom lock.
An internal bathroom lock has no keys. How does that work to lock anyone out?
One of those tinny "pop"locks with a crappy key.
Ah right. If it needs a key it's still an entry lock, not an internal one. Internal bathroom style ones don't use any keys at all. Can be opened with a coin or a thin metal pin or something along those lines.
The "pop" lock with a key is still usable (my parents have one on their front door). It's just not as good as a deadbolt style lock which is the type I think you may have had.
In any case I'd be questioning why he replaced the whole lock rather than the locking cylinder. On a $200 lock, it's worth just swapping the cylinder. I think he is a dodgy locksmith by the sounds of it
just ask for it back
didn't read the posts before mine, but the old lock belongs to you
you are entitled to have it
the locksmith has no claim to it
if he takes it without your consent, that is theft
I also got robbed by a locksmith.
I went to get an old style key cut, think 19th century key. He looked at the code on my original key, matched it with a pre-cut key on the shelf and said 'they will be $11'!
I needed the key to give to my tenant so could not not buy it then and there as they were moving into the house that day.
I wonder what the OP's locksmith was thinking installing a privacy lock rather than external deadlock. What did he charge the agent/tenant?
Never seen a poll with one option before. I wonder which will be the most popular choice.