Gaining Access Without Asking Householders' Permission

[maisie1952]

I live in a ground floor flat .A window cleaner comes every second week to clean my neighbours windows upstairs. He has never asked me for permission to gain access to MY garden (back and front) to clean windows. He leaves a mess after he has finished, tramples over my garden..Also found him looking into my own windows which when he is outside only a matter of feet away, also has been very abusive towards me after asking ME to get out of my own garden till he cleans windows!! I put a padlock on my back gate as a deterrent but he still climbed over gate.!..What can I do to stop him coming into my property..??

[Cloverjo]

I don't see what else you can physically do. Can you speak to your neighbour and ask him or her to have a word?

[murraymints]

check your deeds you will probably find that upper flats have right of access for maintenence work..including window cleaner

[Retrochic]

Is it actually 'your' garden or a communal one? If it belongs to you then he has not right of access and is trespassing. If he climbs over your gate to trespass then he is committing an offence. Next time explain to him he is trespassing and if he does not leave immediately you will call the police. IF your garden is a communal garden you have to let him in.

[ToraToraTora]

put an insurmountable gate there. That would *** me right off I tell ya, Id' have a sixteen foot fence there with spikes on top.

[Tilly2]

Did he haul his ladders over the gate as well?

[shoota]

Minty is almost certainly right, I'd be surprised if there wasn't a clause somewhere that allows access for maintenance, decorating, cleaning etc.

[MargoTester]

We were advised by the police not to put spikes on our fence (after a burglary)as you can be sued it the intruder harms themselves! Best thing to do is put some form of trellis on the top of the gate. That would make it difficult to climb over.