pennrenter
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Our landlord just notified us that he is selling the property. He will not be renewing our lease which is set to end 6/30/14. We learned about the sale only 10 days before we were scheduled to go away on vacation. Less than one week before we left, he, his wife and his realtor came to inspect the house for repairs, etc. They made a long list of repairs and painting that they wanted to do before putting the house on the market. They had planned to do that and have an open house the following weekend which was the first day that we would have been on vacation.
He emailed a list of items to repair and paint and asked if we could help him to get them done. He lives in Maryland. We said that we would help but would be out of town and unavailable. When i spoke with him and told him I did not feel comfortable with an open house while I was away, he agreed and said that he could wait until we got back.
He asked if we could leave the house keys for his realtor so that she could put a lock box on the door, which we did.
When we returned, we saw that there was not only a lock box on the door, but there was yard work done and painting that the landlord did of all of the ceilings. He also removed all of the cabinet doors in the kitchen and painted the frames of the cabinets.
While he was painting, he neglected to cover our new leather sectional. It now has little spots of white paint all over it! There are grayish wipe marks along the top that he obviously wiped but didn't realize that he didn't completely clean it off. The sofa is ruined.
While inside our home, he also broke a mask that we purchased years ago while on vacation in Mexico. It cannot be replaced.
I feel as though my privacy was invaded. He came into the house while he knew we were away. I know he only has to give notice to come in, but isn't this excessive? He was in my bedroom!
My property was damaged.
We are stuck here until 6/30 while he shows the house and must be at the beck and call of the realtor now for showings.
This is over the top!
HELP!!!!
Our landlord just notified us that he is selling the property. He will not be renewing our lease which is set to end 6/30/14. We learned about the sale only 10 days before we were scheduled to go away on vacation. Less than one week before we left, he, his wife and his realtor came to inspect the house for repairs, etc. They made a long list of repairs and painting that they wanted to do before putting the house on the market. They had planned to do that and have an open house the following weekend which was the first day that we would have been on vacation.
He emailed a list of items to repair and paint and asked if we could help him to get them done. He lives in Maryland. We said that we would help but would be out of town and unavailable. When i spoke with him and told him I did not feel comfortable with an open house while I was away, he agreed and said that he could wait until we got back.
He asked if we could leave the house keys for his realtor so that she could put a lock box on the door, which we did.
When we returned, we saw that there was not only a lock box on the door, but there was yard work done and painting that the landlord did of all of the ceilings. He also removed all of the cabinet doors in the kitchen and painted the frames of the cabinets.
While he was painting, he neglected to cover our new leather sectional. It now has little spots of white paint all over it! There are grayish wipe marks along the top that he obviously wiped but didn't realize that he didn't completely clean it off. The sofa is ruined.
While inside our home, he also broke a mask that we purchased years ago while on vacation in Mexico. It cannot be replaced.
I feel as though my privacy was invaded. He came into the house while he knew we were away. I know he only has to give notice to come in, but isn't this excessive? He was in my bedroom!
My property was damaged.
We are stuck here until 6/30 while he shows the house and must be at the beck and call of the realtor now for showings.
This is over the top!
HELP!!!!
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