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athomas@sfu.ca wrote:
>
> I am living in an apartment and recently our manager was found 
> to be breaking into appartments and stealing stuff. He has 
> since been fired and is under investigation by the Burnaby 
> R.C.M.P.  Now the company that he worked for (the co. that owns 
> the building) has made efforts to try and secure the building 
> against him, apparently he is still trying to get into the 
> building.
> 
> This is where my problem starts.  The company decided to change 
> all of the exterior locks. Which is fine, but they only gave 
> one day notice of the lock change.  It was scheduled to be done 
> on a week day when most people are at work or school.  I was 
> away from the building early that morning and didn't get home 
> until late, needless to say I was locked out!  The maintenance 
> guy was out from his apartment and I had no way of getting into 
> the building. I ended up waiting for one hour until someone 
> else came to get into the building.
> 
> Next, yesterday (tuesday nov 28) they decided to change all of 
> the locks on the suites themselves.  Now they did give us 
> notice of this on saturday, but the memo said "give us your key 
> and we will change the locks and you can pick up your new keys.
> 
> I DIDN'T give them my keys and they went and changed my locks 
> anyways.  Again I was locked out of my apartment and all this 
> for $700 a month!
> 
> My question is this, 
> Do I have any kind of recourse with this kind of malarky?
> They have seriously inconvenienced me on two occassions and I 
> can do nothing about it.... or can I?  Or maybe I am just a 
> little too pissed off right now and I will feel better about it 
> later?
> 
> If you have any info that would help it would be appreciated, 
> comments either way are also welcome.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Aaron
> 

It sounds like the owners are trying to do their best to protect
your property.  Would you prefer they let well enough alone
and your stuff gets lifted by the ex-manager.  I would say put
up with the inconvenience for now as it will likely save you 
more in the long run.  What can you expect for $700.00 a month anyway.

George Slade