The room is rented just by the individual tenant.
Having a lock on bedroom door.
Even if you go in the room with her she does it.
I would install keyed knobs on all other interior doors master bedroom other bedrooms etc.
Deeper question is whether where you rent this room is a licensed boarding house.
The distance between the edge of the door and the center of the lock hole.
The kwikset 991 juno is a no nonsense lock with the highest grade of residential lock security ansi grade 1 and a simple way to rekey the locks for security reasons or convenience.
I would give the guest a temporary combination to the front door guest bedroom and possibly the back door and the garage door but not a hard key.
More recently american actress kristen bell admitted to locking 3 year old daughter delta in her bedroom while she went to sleep so she couldn t escape unlocking it 10 minutes later once the little girl had nodded off.
A bedroom door lock can also provide a safe place in the house.
As already stated by others you will need fire doors throughout with thumb turn locks on the bedroom doors and external doors and all the associated fire rated hardware hinges closers etc and intumescent strips or smoke seals check which are needed for which doors.
Quite often the door locking situation rears its ugly head when a child turns 12 or 13 years old.
Suddenly the door lock which has been on the door since they were 2 is now their favorite household appliance.
It changes though if they all rent their room on an individual basis and each have their own tenancy agreement for the exclusive use of their room and shared use of the other parts of the property.
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A story about locking your child s door from our forum it s a topic that s come up on our madeformums forum too.
I always keep a coin on the table in the hallway so we can quickly and easily open any room she is in.
This singular piece of housing hardware can cause a great many fights within families.
We have locks on our bedroom doors where we live now and they can be opened with a coin.
It can sometimes be beneficial to have a select room in the house as a safe place in case of an emergency.
The locked bedroom door.
For example if someone broke into the house a bedroom door lock would provide the safety needed to lock yourself away from any potential danger.
Before purchasing a lock measure your door s backset cross bore and thickness to ensure you find the right fit.
My daughter s big thing is to go in the room and shut and lock the door.
Usually the backset measures 2 3 8 inches or 2 3 4 inches.
Otherwise it sounds like the landlord is violating many of the tenant s rights laws.
I would install a deadbolt door lock on the guest bedroom that locks with a key and a combination.