tom_gr7
Life Serving
It could be someone has don't it up and went over budget and tried to get a bit more than market rate for it, possible due to an overspend on something they didn't see coming (like a new roof) and then just caved in and rented it out to cover the mortgage and let the price rise for a few years before selling. All depends on how many buyers the area has, some areas are just rental areas because people rely on housing benefit etc.
However the landlord is free to market the property for sale while you are tenants, nothing you can do about it. Though whoever bought it would have to honour your tenancy agreement, thus putting off anyone looking for a residential property. So you wont have Bob and Jane coming round to view your home, you might get some 'investors' looking at the outside of it aiming to take on the property as an investment.
thanks for the reply Mantadog, you seem to know your stuff.
If he's worried about previous tenants having copies of the keys and is happy for the landlord to have a copy then he shouldn't really be that worried at all, most landloirds will automatically change the locks on a property after it is vacated for exactly the same reasons.
Hi Androcles, yeah we are a little concerned that the previous tenants may have made copies. But also, there are plenty of horror stories of landlords letting themselves into the house, or giving workmen the keys who also let themselves in. So we are probably going to change the barrels and not say anything, unless someone asks or notices.