Landlord inspected property without permission and without me present, is that legal?

Contact PRTB immediately with a view to lodging a formal complaint.

Some points:

1) You have no idea when the handwritten letters were put in your letterbox.

2) Access in the event of an emergency isn't the same as an inspection.

3) You have no idea how many times the LL entered the property from the date of your absence until your return. (A truly disgusting breach of your privacy by the way).

4) On it's own the verbal interaction is "he said/she said", however, looking at the full picture where you had zero inspections for 3.5 years, then one day spoke to the LL on your way to the airport informing in passing that you would be away for two weeks and this happens.........

5) I would be concerned at the reference to "further actions" when taking into consideration what the LL did and how it was done.

6) You could not be inspection ready without notification, so this to me is a very manipulated situation and the question is why? In this climate as well?

Good luck.

Hassle or compensation.

The LL's actions were totally illegal, and it's likely the PRTB would award against them. But would the LL actually pay up - and what would the future of the relationship be like.

Likely worth it if you're going to be moving out, but not otherwise.

It's illegal to to X, but if you do it there is no penalty?

Really?

So what the hell is the point of the law.

The fact that there is no penalty does not mean he should sit there & do nothing about ut. The landlord is threatening further actions as a result. I wouldn't sit back and accept that.

I rented a place before. 2-3 months in the immersion went. I contacted the estate agent & while on the phone I mentioned a floorboard in the sitting room is a bit warped & the door was catching on it.

They told me they would send someone around to have a look at the immersion. 2 days later the estate agent called around instead of the plumber we expected & they did an inspection on the entire house while I was in work. They also noted that the garden was a bit overgrown & the house wasn't tidy.

I went nuts at them for not informing me about an inspection & that they decide to inspect but didn't organise a plumber about the immersion. Threatened to make a complaint to the rtb.

Owner of the estate agent called me back very apologetic & sorry for the confusion as they thought I knew it was an inspection (all bollix). Also sent a letter to the house saying the same & any future inspections would be agreed in writing.

That was the last we heard from them again while we lived there.

If i was the OP i would wait until the LL writes again with any further actions. It looks like the LL may have a motive for the inspection. Let them play their cards first. You have the illegal inspection on your side. So i would just play a wait and see game.