NWR: WDYT?

akhensley81

H and I live in an apartment - we love this community and would have no complaints about the management, how they run it, etc. They've had some turnover in their maintenance department but I think that's pretty normal for apartment communities around here. Love everyone who works there.

We put in a maintenance request over the weekend for a faucet in our bathtub that needs caulk. So the office manager just called me and said they tried to get in to our apartment to fix it, but they realized they didn't have a key.

I know they had a key at one point. It's been a while (at least a few months) but I know that maintenance has gotten in to our apartment for stuff before. She said they'll send the dude over on Saturday while we're home, and then asked me to bring down one of our sets of keys so they can make themselves a copy, and I said cool - I can do that.

But after thinking about it some more - should I instead ask them to change our locks?? I mean... I know for a fact there was a key to our apartment in their possession. And clearly they don't have it any more.

I'm probably overthinking this but for some reason it's bothering me. And I've been staring at training manuals all day and I'm ready for a brain break.

marissa_claire

I would probably dig more at the least.  Just voice your concerns exactly the way you put it here - "Hey, I know you've had access to our apartment before, and if it is the case that the key was lost, I think you need to change the locks."  

That sucks all around, though!  I wouldn't be pleased either.

FutureMrsTR

I would.  If they misplaced your key, they should change your locks at their cost.

laurenclaire1386

Yeah if they can't find a key to your place, I'd definitely ask for a new one. You (and they probably) have no idea where that key is or who has it. But it's a distinct possibility that the person who has it does know what lock it goes to. I think H has made me paranoid about security, but I don't think asking for a new key is unreasonable considering the lost key could be in someone's possession.

[Deleted User]

Most definitely. That would make me very uneasy, probably to the point where I couldn't sleep.

LDYGTR13

I work with apartments every day thanks to my job - and I've dealt with MANY maintenance men...some can be sketchballs but most are awesome. However, I say to change the locks. I'm not saying something will happen, but at least you'll have peace of mind

If they try to charge you to change them - remind them that they USED to have a key and it sorta freaks you out that they don't anymore and that's the only reason you want them changed - not because you gave crazy uncle fred a key and dont' want him to be able to get in anymore.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

Yeah, you should request that. Our maid service has a copy of our keys, obviously, and one of the stipulations of our contract is if they lose it, they recore the locks on their dime. When I was an RA in college, if you lost your key, you had to pay something like $130 to recore the lock. If you were an RA and happened to have the master key checked out, OMG, I have no idea how much that would have cost if you lost it. Maybe like $40,000.

akhensley81

Yeah, the more I think about it - the more it weirds me out. Even if someone had the key specifically to my apartment - they would need a separate completely different key to open the front door to the building. But still.

LDYGTR13

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[QUOTE]Yeah, you should request that. Our maid service has a copy of our keys, obviously, and one of the stipulations of our contract is if they lose it, they recore the locks on their dime. When I was an RA in college, if you lost your key, you had to pay something like $130 to recore the lock. If you were an RA and happened to have the master key checked out, OMG, I have no idea how much that would have cost if you lost it. Maybe like $40,000.
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]

Exactly the reason most apartment communities are trying to get rid of master keys!

marissa_claire

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[QUOTE]Yeah, you should request that. Our maid service has a copy of our keys, obviously, and one of the stipulations of our contract is if they lose it, they recore the locks on their dime. When I was an RA in college, if you lost your key, you had to pay something like $130 to recore the lock. If you were an RA and happened to have the master key checked out, OMG, I have no idea how much that would have cost if you lost it. Maybe like $40,000.
Posted by msmerymac[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>I was an RA too and someone did actually lose the master in another building.  I don't remember how much it cost them... I'm sure it was a scary amount!

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mandysmear

Why would it even be a question?  Of course you should ask them to change the locks.  If they wouldn't, I would on my own dime and then give them a spare key. 

futurepivko

of course you should. you have no idea who now has access to your apartment. let them know how you feel, and they should respect it