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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by showafrica(m): 3:48am On Dec 28, 2018
spiralwedge:


I had a landlady like that many years ago.I asked for the spare key after explaining my work schedule, she gave me to go make a spare. After a week, she changed the padlock. Confronted her, she said she could not give only me the spare key as I did not have 2 heads. So for a week, I'd be banging for about an hour before she opens the gate. So I told myself I would not renew my rent but before I'd pack out it would be a WWE.
So, I bought a very strong padlock and lock the gate on my way to office and didn't come home for 2 days. That was how the war started. I bought about 3 more padlocks, each was about 1k. Each time they got a welder to cut the damn padlock for 1k.
In the end, with the annoyance of other tenants, we came to a truce. The last padlock I bought was what we settled to use and i ensured every tenant has a copy. And no more banging. We agreed that the gate could be locked at stipulated time but every tenant using the gate must lock with their copy of the key each time.
The landlady, the tenants and neighbors started respecting from that day. I moved from that house to my own after another year there.

Lol, looks like this is the only language Nigerians understand.. I don't know why I was born here. This is more of animalistic communication. Lol

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by Artistree: 3:49am On Dec 28, 2018
Hadone:
Simple. Just return home early shikenan!!
Would be fly home from work?
Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by Omudia11: 4:10am On Dec 28, 2018
dokyOloye:
One of the reasons I can't live in a compound where the landlord lives within.
Better start looking for another house.
Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by nelsonmike11111: 4:12am On Dec 28, 2018
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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by Joe88(m): 4:16am On Dec 28, 2018
Jerryembassy91:
I have spoken to him severally over this issue.He said is a new development that the gate must be locked on or before 8pm everyday. From work i do get home between 9 and 9.30..Yesterday i stood outside over an hour knocking.

Pls candid advice is needed...thank you



My friend did this and it worked - Buy a padlock , when you get home and you find the gate locked, put your own padlock and leave. A lot will happen the next day, he will understand the consequences of restricting your access to your home.

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by Yankee101: 4:18am On Dec 28, 2018
Change apartments

As much as you can don't live with your landlord
Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by nelsonmike11111: 4:19am On Dec 28, 2018
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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by nattyGENT: 4:22am On Dec 28, 2018
mrAMG:
Ahnahn what’s the meaning of that?

Sey na hostel?


Nigerians don’t know their rights at all.

See bros, better give a stern warning to that landlord. If the gate must be locked at that time then he should get a mallam/gateman else he should be prepared to go to court.
people wey sabi their rights most times dey end for early grave in Nigeria. so guy make provisions & leave the compound. there's a reason for everything

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by nattyGENT: 4:27am On Dec 28, 2018
mrAMG:
Ahnahn what’s the meaning of that?

Sey na hostel?


Nigerians don’t know their rights at all.

See bros, better give a stern warning to that landlord. If the gate must be locked at that time then he should get a mallam/gateman else he should be prepared to go to court.

most times people wey sabi rights for Nigeria dey end for early graves. just try and leave the premises. there's a reason for everything

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by Lexusgs430: 4:32am On Dec 28, 2018
OlujobaSamuel:

Huh na, no bring the innocent children into it, or should we also say the op Dey chop the sins of his parents also.
Op, if there any recent security concerns in your area, if no, then your landlord is just callous.

Landlord of today, can be a tenant of tomorrow and was once a tenant yesterday ..........

I have tenants and they all have relevant keys........

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by saucemanny(m): 4:35am On Dec 28, 2018
Jerryembassy91:
I have spoken to him severally over this issue.He said is a new development that the gate must be locked on or before 8pm everyday. From work i do get home between 9 and 9.30..Yesterday i stood outside over an hour knocking.

Pls candid advice is needed...thank you






pack out

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by vineyardfarms: 4:36am On Dec 28, 2018
Jerryembassy91:
Thanks you....i really appreciate this option..
ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR DEEDS, GOOD OR BAD MAY COME BACK KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR SOME DAY.

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by marvinsync(m): 4:43am On Dec 28, 2018
Jerryembassy91:
I have spoken to him severally over this issue.He said is a new development that the gate must be locked on or before 8pm everyday. From work i do get home between 9 and 9.30..Yesterday i stood outside over an hour knocking.

Pls candid advice is needed...thank you






see guy , fight fire with fire, u can't be suffering like an idiot , what kind of landlord would subject u to this kind of nonsense? such degrading? because he's the owner of the house?

first u have to realise u have rights as a tenant , u have a work schedule , u can't come home early as such u have to DEMAND (not ask nicely) a spare key ! if not u take this matter to court (or threaten to if that makes her change her mind) or u do like some guy said here u buy a lock and lock the landlord outside too so he'll know how it feels


which ever way , u must not be soft or humble ,u must be wild and hard , cause this is pure nonsense !

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by NoToPile: 4:49am On Dec 28, 2018
8pm is too early but if there are recent security concerns in your area that might have prompted his decision, just dialogue with him to get the key thats all, I am guessing he is elderly, they can be very trickish to deal with, some behave like babies sometimes you got to know how to relate with them thats all. E no reach all this jam the gate with another padlock, take him to court blabla bla


Some areas no be am, even 7pm they just walk in and rob.

People saying dont live with your landlord, so if theres a security concern in your area and no landlord living there its to leave gate open wide abi and put everyone at risk. Mtchew

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by RedBororo(m): 5:00am On Dec 28, 2018
suggest they make the gate accessible from outside with the right key, or have a friend inside that can always open it for you.
Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by ashjay001(m): 5:13am On Dec 28, 2018
spiralwedge:


I had a landlady like that many years ago.I asked for the spare key after explaining my work schedule, she gave me to go make a spare. After a week, she changed the padlock. Confronted her, she said she could not give only me the spare key as I did not have 2 heads. So for a week, I'd be banging for about an hour before she opens the gate. So I told myself I would not renew my rent but before I'd pack out it would be a WWE.
So, I bought a very strong padlock and lock the gate on my way to office and didn't come home for 2 days. That was how the war started. I bought about 3 more padlocks, each was about 1k. Each time they got a welder to cut the damn padlock for 1k.
In the end, with the annoyance of other tenants, we came to a truce. The last padlock I bought was what we settled to use and i ensured every tenant has a copy. And no more banging. We agreed that the gate could be locked at stipulated time but every tenant using the gate must lock with their copy of the key each time.
The landlady, the tenants and neighbors started respecting from that day. I moved from that house to my own after another year there.


Chairman!!!gringringrin

Me self, dey respect ugringrin

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by MaziOmenuko: 5:20am On Dec 28, 2018
8pm is not the issue as compounds are meant to be locked at all times. Each tenant should have his own key and the gate be designed in such a way that it can be opened from outside with a key. Security consciousness shouldn't start by 8pm alone, should be round the clock.

At times, by 8pm I am still at work. You leave work and may want to unwind before hitting home. Getting home only to be locked outside for an hour? Nah, it will only happen once. The landlord and I will have a long discussion that night becuase my people say a sacrilege left unchecked soon turns to tradition. If he is unmoved, I will get a welder to redesign that gate so it can be accessed from outside.

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by NoRetreat(m): 5:21am On Dec 28, 2018
Report him/her to the police for the offence of Forcible Detainer.
Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by toprealman: 5:28am On Dec 28, 2018
Jerryembassy91:
I have spoken to him severally over this issue.He said is a new development that the gate must be locked on or before 8pm everyday. From work i do get home between 9 and 9.30..Yesterday i stood outside over an hour knocking.

Pls candid advice is needed...thank you



Short Term: Spend your money, do an inlock stuff, replicate the keys.
Long term: Get you own crib.

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by MaziOmenuko: 5:32am On Dec 28, 2018
Omudia11:
What concerns the landlord here. So they shouldn't lock their gate? Or must they wait till 9:30 in this Buhari regime before locking the gate thereby putting everybody at risk?

You guys don't understand that someone can stroll into your compound by 5pm, walk to you while you are picking the clothes on the line outside and with a gun pointed at you, lead you inside your house, pick your valuables, lock you inside and walk away quitely. It can happen even by 1pm when the sun is at its peak.

Compounds should be locked at all times but the gates must be designed that it can be opened from outside with a key. 9pm is when champions league starts and peeps who enjoy watching match will do so and get back by 10:30.

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by Purelady(f): 5:35am On Dec 28, 2018
showafrica:


Lol, looks like this is the only language Nigerians understand.. I don't know why I was born here. This is more of animalistic communication. Lol
lol, you are born here for a purpose o,it is well.
Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by EmagNig(m): 5:43am On Dec 28, 2018
Jerryembassy91:
I did ask. ...thanks

Dey spak grammar there....
Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by Omudia11: 5:43am On Dec 28, 2018
So people shouldn't lock their gates when they please because of champions league grin

Oga, robberies mostly happen at night.
That is a known fact.
MaziOmenuko:


You guys don't understand that someone can stroll into your compound by 5pm, walk to you while you are picking the clothes on the line outside and with a gun pointed at you, lead you inside your house, pick your valuables, lock you inside and walk away quitely. It can happen even by 1pm when the sun is at its peak.

Compounds should be locked at all times but the gates must be designed that it can be opened from outside with a key. 9pm is when champions league starts and peeps who enjoy watching match will do so and get back by 10:30.
Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by MaziOmenuko: 5:55am On Dec 28, 2018
Omudia11:
So people shouldn't lock their gates when they please because of champions league grin

Oga, robberies mostly happen at night.
That is a known fact.

Read my post again, especially the 2nd paragraph where I stated that compounds should be locked at all times and not just from 8pm. The robbers that attack you at night don't do so by 9pm or 10pm do they?

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by femi4: 6:19am On Dec 28, 2018
Jerryembassy91:
I have spoken to him severally over this issue.He said is a new development that the gate must be locked on or before 8pm everyday. From work i do get home between 9 and 9.30..Yesterday i stood outside over an hour knocking.

Pls candid advice is needed...thank you



have a spare key

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by breadtom: 6:26am On Dec 28, 2018
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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by SirLakes: 6:28am On Dec 28, 2018
cheesy
osazsky:
Is the fence high? Just asking though notting more
Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by Jhoanner(f): 6:45am On Dec 28, 2018
You know this is false imprisonment. It's a civil wrong which makes your landlord liable to pay you damages and an injunction restraining him to stop such rubbish. If you want to go the legal way, serve him a letter of warning. If you want to go the political way, get the tenants to your side and gang up against him. Or quietly just leave. What kind of iranu is this??
Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by Tonimordred(m): 6:46am On Dec 28, 2018
Jst make sure u go to wrk wit dat padlock evri mornin....

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Re: Please Help, How Do I Stop My Landlord From Locking Me Outside Everyday? by tonymyke4life(m): 6:52am On Dec 28, 2018
MrMcJay:
Your landlord or landlady as the case may be is very wrong.

As a tenant, you have the right of ingress and egress. That right grants you entrance into the property and exit from same. Even if it's not stated in your tenancy agreement, provided that you are a subsisting tenant, she is trampling on your rights.

You need to take a firm step to stop further breach of your rights.

To b frank u haven't answered his question, just grammar. What are those steps he shud take? Dats his question. U r paraphrasing wat he had already said. Give solutions not grammar. Sorry to b frank!

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