Property Manager wants Security System Alarm Code (lease, tenant, rental)
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I am looking at signing a new lease and the property manager is adamant about me providing the code to the previously installed alarm system. Her reasoning is that they want access to the home if there is a fire, broken pipe or other emergency. Is this a reasonable request? I do not feel comfortable giving out a security system code to anyone other than immediate family.
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.
Very reasonable...if you don't like it than buy a home and you can set the rules.
Thanks, but I obviously wouldn't be asking this question if that was an option now...hence why this is posted in the rental forum. I'm not going to buy a home in a down market, especially if I am only going to be living there a year.
If they ever needed the code they could easily call the tenant, ask for the code and the tenant could change it afterwards.
What if there was an emergency and the tenant couldn't take the phone call? That is something I would think about.
I think the advice in an earlier post is great. Give the PM a separate code. If there's ever an issue, you'll have the advantage of having a log of when they entered your home.
I agree, it's no different than a landlord having a key to the house.
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.
Every property manager is different and so is every landlord. This issue is being address at the signing of the lease so you can elect not to sign it and find another property. Like another poster said, it's no different than them having another set of keys. As long as it's clear in the lease that they can not enter the property unless it's emergency, giving the code makes sense.
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