I took vacant posession of my new house about 2 months ago, just before Raya. The developer kept one set of keys for about a month after to deal with the initial list of defects I submitted to them. After most of these were done, I highlighted the few that were still not satisfactory, and took hold afthe last (3rd) set of keys. They called me to arrange an appointment to go through the remaining defects that were not done, but that appontment has not yet occured. In the mean time however, it appears that the developers subcontractor has been entering the house to do some work without my consent. He claimed that the back door was unlock. However, after I locked all the doors and windows, the next day I saw that again the subcon had been inside the house. They cleverly left the windows on the ground floor bathroom unlocked to enable easy re-entry.

I am extremely worried that there are additional spare copies of the house keys that are with the subcon. This can be used to enter the house at a later date after I have moved in. Please advise what I should do.

no one can stop anyone from unlawfully duplicating keys

that's why most of the time, we install additional locks or bolts to the house once we moved in - or grilles, or whatever addedd security

some expensive and high end locks are very difficult to duplicate. they are either laser etched or simply because the blanks are hard to find. try opting for one of these locks

change all locks ?

just the main doors that serves as your physical barriers to the outside compound

Hi,

Changing the locks is the obvious solution, but the question is, who should be paying for it? If it is the developer sub-con who has done so while the keys were in their posession, then should'nt they pay to replace the outside locks?

I think in this case, there is no hard fixed rule. Even if the developer sub con were to replace all the locks what is there to stop them from reduplicating these locks again? Or u wanted to buy the locks yourself and let the subcon install it and pay for it?

even you engage a lock smith to install new lockset & pass all the key to you, he still can duplicate it before come to your house, right ?
you want safe, buy your own lock, find who u can trust to install the new lock and buy your own pad lock.

Use own pad lock.

by right, the contractor or sub-contractor is only obliged to change the locks if they were found to be faulty or defective

BiLock, get BiLock, spare keys are harder than BMW's to duplicate

http://www.bilock.com/

sorry to say, those kind of cars use "electronic" keys. u can duplicate the key & can as far as open the doors, but u can't even start the engine.

high end doorlock manufacturers include UNION, YALE, etc...