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I think often what my landlord does is if there is a 2BR available he shows a 1BR (my apt) as well to the potential tenants just so they know the layout. I couldn't find a listing for the building for sale (he owns the whole building) so I don't think he is selling the building.
I'm just going to continue to ignore him if he comes around again or be firmer about not showing my apartment without any notice whatsoever. Luckily he doesn't have the keys to the new lock so I don't have to worry about him entering my apt.
You do realize that in most places you are not allowed to add a lock to a rental without the landlord's permission? Read your lease carefully concerning this since you would be giving him the right to evict you for violating the terms of your lease.
Having said that, he needs to comply with the terms of the lease as well. What does it say in your lease about showing the apartment? Most places in the country require at least 24 hrs notice to be given to the tenant before showing a unit if the place is for rent, sale, etc.
So many tenant questions can be answered by just telling them to read the lease they signed!!!!
I'm not moving out of my apartment and my lease is not up. Ive been in the same apartment for a few years. Every now and then, my landlord shows up at my door, unannounced, to show potential new tenants my apartment, even though someone else in the building is moving out.
Sometimes I oblige but a lot of times he happens to show up when my apartment is a mess and I state this and that it is not a good time. But he keeps pushing for me to show the apartment and that it would be a few minutes.
One time I was napping and not feeling well and he was knocking on my door. I was in a daze and ignored the knocks. Then I heard keys jangling and he tried to open my door. I immediately went to the door and told him I can't show my apartment and slammed the door in his face.
I've since put an extra lock on my door, to which he doesn't have keys. For the most part, this has fixed the problem. However, his co-worker showed up unannounced the other day to show my apartment again.
I don't understand it. If I am not moving, why is my apartment the "model apartment?" Its usually a mess most of the times he shows up so I am not sure why he keeps doing it. Does he have a right to do this? Or do i have the right to refuse?
No judge will ever convict you of not giving a nosy landlord a key. No judge will evict you for not giving a nosy landlord a key. No judge will ever fine you for not giving the landlord a key.
Tenants know this, sane landlords know this.
In 7 apartments I have NEVER given my landlord or my managing agent a copy of the key to my second lock. I do realize that if they need to break in because of an emergency, the costs are on me but that is a risk I am willing to take.
We have a staff of 33 people. The odds of having 33 honest people are vanishingly small.
Same goes for the mailbox key, although any 4 year old can break into a mailbox.
I'm sorry to piggy-back on this old thread (and also sorry to make this my first post; I'm a longtime lurker but first time poster), but my search led me here and I'd like to gather some opinions on the subject. I am moving out of my apartment at the end of the month, and have been subject to what seems like endless visits from the landlord throughout the course of workdays. Being that I work from home, these disruptions are becoming a nuisance.
While my, and I'm sure most, leases indicate that the landlord has the right to enter the apartment to show it to a prospective tenant, it would seem as though the known consensus is that there is some requirement of notice being given before a landlord knocks on the door with a stranger (as I would consider it, knocking on the door and then waiting 5 minutes to enter does not constitute giving "notice" that he will be visiting).
I'd be interested in gathering opinions of how anyone would handle situations where 2-4 visits a day occur, out of the blue, without any notice. I've spoken to my landlord and requested that he provide notice (even a phone call or text message), to which he said he would "try" but "is not always able to." As much as I find this to be a short-term problem, two more weeks of 2-4 visits per day is liable to drive me mad.
Tell him you require X amount of time for notice (whatever you think is reasonable -- like one hour?) and then if he doesn't provide it, use your deadbolt/chain so that he can't enter.
Or answer the door naked, and tell him you didn't have enough time to get dressed.
it might be that your apartment is the same layout as the other one? ll does need to give 24 hr notice
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