mini-moan: unauthorised user - accessed denied.

They say an Englishmen's home is his castle, there is certainly no denying that you should feel safe and comfortable in your home, able to lock the door and keep the world out, your own personal fortress from the dangerous world in which we live.
While my new Laboratoire is under construction I am temporarily renting and what is really starting to annoy me is how the letting agent (or their 'trained workforce') feel they can just let themselves into the property whenever they wish. This morning I was informed that a plumber will enter the property on Monday to check the boiler is safe and on Tuesday they will let themselves in to 'inspect' the property. If I refuse they'll let themselves in anyway, I can't physically prevent them getting in as I'll be at work and they have a set of keys.

To me this is outrageous, I'm paying a large sum of money to live in this property, I'm probably paying the Landlord's mortgage, yet I have absolutely no privacy or rights. What if I was getting busy with a lady when the plumber bursts in to 'Check the pipes'? (Chance would be a fine thing) I guess it could be the most authentic porno ever made. Far more likely is I'd be eating cold baked beans straight from the tin while wearing nothing but my underpants.