Landlord letting himself in

I'm no expert, but the answer is no. I know in my rental contract it says my landlord has to give 48 hours notice before coming round and we have the right to say no. I would recommend they check their contract.

No he can't, tenants should have 24 hours notice (given in writing) before he can access the property.

I think technically they can actually call the police, although I'm, not sure I would - I'd definintely move though!

No he can't.

Have they spoken to him about it? Asked him why he is letting himself in and especially why he is showing people round? I'd be hopping mad if our landlords did that to us.

They have the right to 'quiet enjoyment' of the property while they are leasing it from the LL. That means they get 48 hours notice minimum should the LL need to go round. Usually showing people the property in the last 2 months of a lease is fair enough, but even then the 48 hours applies, and during reasonable hours.

I didn't know this (and would never advocate it to any of my tenants!), but they are within their rights to change the locks. 99% of contracts will state they shouldn't, but apparently it is ok for them to do that and be on the right side of the law. Personally I'd spit feathers if tenants did that to me, but I don't ever give them cause to need to, and I regularly change the locks / alarm codes to my properties so there is no fear of an ex-tenant letting themselves in (although we fear it was an ex-tenant who let themselves into one of my properties the night before Christmas Eve and set fire to it)

Thanks everybody I will pass the info on to them and hopefully it will be sorted out. I didn't think he could do it.

Ive assumed they are in england, this link is very helpful http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/renting_and_leasehold

Id be livid if our landlord came in and would have called the police (but I already hate her anyway)

Thanks Zoe. I'll pass that link on