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06-22-2009, 10:41 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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NEED HELP (landlord is being _______)
Hello, I have a friend living in an apt, well if thats what u wanna call it....is a small room with a bathroom that isnt even built right and I cant even stand up in it!!!! well she is going to Poland for a few weeks and rent is paid, she is never late on it and she never causes problems.......so she owns 2 cats that she is allowed to have and trust me she is very clean, but she is having a relative come by twice a day to take care of the kitties and he tells here she cant have anyone come over he will lock the doors so no one can get in!!!!!!!!!!! There was nothing prior saying she couldnt have people over.......Can he do that????? I need help, can anyone tell me what she can do?????? she doent have alot of time and she hasnt seen her family for over 2 years....i want her to beable to go on her trip....THANK YOU in advance
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06-22-2009, 06:21 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Sounds like a difficult situation. If time is short, why don't you take her cats while she is in Poland? Then, when she gets back, she should find a new place to live. Landlord/tenant disputes are not often resolved quickly.
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06-22-2009, 08:34 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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Nonsense. In any case, she should reach an agreement with the landlord on this issue before going away. Did she talk to him at all? Unless otherwise stated in the contract, the tenant may have anyone visiting her and its not the landlord business. She should explain that the visitors come only to care for the cats. (As suggested above, maybe in the meantime you can care for them in your place...)
That said, there might be issues you aren't aware of. Maybe the landlord is afraid the visitors do more then caring for the cats (like something unlawful or damaging). Or maybe he included a paragraph in the contract that says - no visitors allowed. (Some landlords of cheap/sleazy places will do that to prevent prostitution or drug trafficking).
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06-22-2009, 09:01 PM
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Eastward Ho!
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Branford, CT
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The landlord cannot, by law, restrict visitors. The only exception is if something illegal is going on, or there have been multiple complaints about a specific individual, or if there is an individual living there who is not on the lease. Tell the landlord he is NOT within his rights to restrict visitors, and if he has a problem with it, he'll have to get over it.
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06-22-2009, 09:28 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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THE LANDLORD CAN RESTRICT PEOPLE COMING OvER WITHOUT THE TENANT PRESENT. PERIOD.
He's doing the right thing. Last thing he wants is copies of keys made or original key passed around. Or damage done by someone other than who's on the lease. It creates a legal mess!
Better find a home for those cats.
She needs to talk to the landlord and make him feel comfortable on who will be watching the cats. Maybe all meet together?
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