Giving tradesmen house keys

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Over the next few weeks we'll be having a few jobs done where we won't be able to be in the house and where the tradesmen involved will need access - even if just for toilets etc - but also to work on the jobs they are doing.

Any tips on best way to manage this? Do you get them to post key back through door at end of day?

Have you done this and had any problems with theft or loss of any kind?

Or just the feeling they've been through your stuff?

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Interesting thoughts - seems everyone else is as anxious as me!!!

To be fair, I don't think it's practical to say - if I can't trust them with the keys, I can't trust them to work on my house.

So many times, the person who quotes/agrees a job is not the one who actually does it - so, while I may trust the business owner etc ... I will often only meet the actual worker on the day the job starts.

And in the real world, just because he looks a bit shifty or glum or shy or whatever, I don't tell him to bugger off and get his boss to send someone I like the look of better.

It's reassuring to think that people still do trust others in this way but yes, I will be hiding all valuables.