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Emergency Lock Change!
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Is there anyone who comes out and changes locks in an abusive emergency when the tenant has no money to pay for it?? Someone I know is in an abusive relationship. She's asked him to leave and he's refused. She's taken children out and he's txt her the most disgusting things I've ever read, told her he's just smashed up her new wardrobes and that he's taken the back door key so she can't lock him out. She says she can't call the police as last time she did they said if she took him back she'd lose her children.
Only thing I can think of is changing the locks but she doesn't have the money.
Only thing I can think of is changing the locks but she doesn't have the money.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Assuming the door is inward opening she can use a door wedge to stop the door being opened easily from outside. Should give her time to call the police and get her and the kids out of the front door.
There are also gadgets that will stop a door being opened from outside such as these:
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As she is a tenant she should inform her landlord that she has lost the key to the back door and the barrel needs to be changed.
There are also gadgets that will stop a door being opened from outside such as these:
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As she is a tenant she should inform her landlord that she has lost the key to the back door and the barrel needs to be changed.
Surely changing the locks will only antagonise the situation, he sounds like a nasty piece of work and who knows what might happen. I would advise contacting the police and/or local Citizens Advice Bureau who will give clear guidance as to what to do. The lady and children in this relationship are in danger and need the law onside. Good luck. CAB national number is 03444 111 444.
I dont think the lock change in the answer
and I think she is jerking you around on this one
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Abusive partner and she had been told she will lose the kids if she takes him back - so..... she takes him back
it strikes me that the main thing is how she is going to keep hold of the kids when the police are next called which seems inevitable. Anyway if what she says is true then you should be thinking of the safety of the kids which is paramount - rather than bolt-on accessories like how do I get someone else's locks changed
and I think she is jerking you around on this one
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Abusive partner and she had been told she will lose the kids if she takes him back - so..... she takes him back
it strikes me that the main thing is how she is going to keep hold of the kids when the police are next called which seems inevitable. Anyway if what she says is true then you should be thinking of the safety of the kids which is paramount - rather than bolt-on accessories like how do I get someone else's locks changed