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I wonder how the fire department and police get into locked buildings where there are emergencies. I'm sure if the door is locked they just say "oh well" and go home.
I wonder how the fire department and police get into locked buildings where there are emergencies. I'm sure if the door is locked they just say "oh well" and go home.
Those aren't the types of "emergencies" being refer to. From what I understand, LL does not have to have a set of keys unless it's specified in the lease. The terms for how the keys can be used varies by State's law.
A tenant doesn't have to agree to the lease terms. Just rent somewhere else.
I wonder how the fire department and police get into locked buildings where there are emergencies. I'm sure if the door is locked they just say "oh well" and go home.
So the landlord should be prepared to break the door down, causing hundreds, possibly thousands, of dollars in damage, instead of taking the very logical and widely accepted step of arranging for emergency access by having a set of keys & the alarm code?
I wonder how the fire department and police get into locked buildings where there are emergencies. I'm sure if the door is locked they just say "oh well" and go home.
In your world who would be responsible for repairing the door?
Thanks for the responses...passing on this PM company. Response from the PM - "If I show up and can't get the alarm turned off, you'll be responsible for coming and bailing me out of jail." What an asinine and unprofessional response.
Thanks for the responses...passing on this PM company. Response from the PM - "If I show up and can't get the alarm turned off, you'll be responsible for coming and bailing me out of jail." What an asinine and unprofessional response.
How do you expect a property manager to manage the property if you do not give him the access necessary to do the job?
I wonder how the fire department and police get into locked buildings where there are emergencies. I'm sure if the door is locked they just say "oh well" and go home.
They bust the doors down causing extensive damage. Oh, what, you thought there was some kind of magic word they could say to make the locks all open?
The reason I asked is I have spoken with a couple friends who are property managers and they said they would never ask for the tenant's code to keep on file. If they ever needed the code they could easily call the tenant, ask for the code and the tenant could change it afterwards.
Sure...there is an emergency...they call and get an answering machine, while maybe sconds can save a live or the property...and btw the property is not owned by the tenant but by the owner who in seconds can loose the entire property or perhaps a tragdy can be prevented....
Of course there are management companies doing this...since we all know you have the good and the bad ones...you decide which one is good...
Sure...there is an emergency...they call and get an answering machine, while maybe sconds can save a live or the property...and btw the property is not owned by the tenant but by the owner who in seconds can loose the entire property or perhaps a tragdy can be prevented....
Of course there are management companies doing this...since we all know you have the good and the bad ones...you decide which one is good...
Just because a PM doesn't have an alarm code does not mean they can't access a property. The key to the door allows them full access. In an emergency, the PM could still access the property with a key, but if they didn't have the code, they just wouldn't be able to turn off the alarm siren. I don't know why so many people on here think that by the PM not having the alarm code that they can't access the property...
How do you expect a property manager to manage the property if you do not give him the access necessary to do the job?
An alarm doesn't control access, a key does...
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