Thread: Rifle safe/rack and renting a flat

Originally Posted by Preacher

Get a rack and throw it up into the man hole in the ceiling. Heavy duty and decent length screws to mount it into a solid beam that you can reach.

When you move out just take it with you. Don't bother telling landlord, only damage will be two or three screw holes out of sight in a non visual part of building.

Although that may not be legit storage now days it worked well for me when renting in the past.

The practical steps Preacher is proposing are reasonable but my personal take is that regardless of what you're fixing how, I'd run it past your landlord first, especially if they're slightly user-friendly/ your relationship is ok with them. Getting caught trying to do the sneaky and having permanently damaged the place is a good way to get kicked out pronto and lose a good chunk of your bond, especially if they're feeling malicious/ hard done by. It also opens you up to an angry (ex) landlord talking to the cops about how you might not be "fit and proper", as some people have previously mentioned on here. It starts getting pricey if they start charging you to repair load bearing members or even damage to linings.

I know if I was a landlord and had a tenant engage with me and discuss a reasonable, minimal damage, proposal for fixing a safe/ rack I'd take that a lot better than catching them do it without my permission