Magneticfruit
Member
California-
I am renting out a small one bedroom apartment room, and when signing the lease, I do definitely remember signing that the landlord is free to enter the apartment during emergencies. I also signed that the landlord would be able to enter the facility for quartly inspections... but when does it become too much? The landlord has entered ,my apartment 4 times this month, and this time is going to be the 5th. I get 24 hour notice, and am not able to arrange a date so i've had to cancel plans of having people over, as I am not aware of when they will enter. Once they entered at 5:30, and once at 9, so it's unpredictable. It's not that I don't want them to enter my apartment because i'm doing something shady, but rather would prefer to have a little bit of privacy. When people you don't know are entering your home once every week, it does not feel very private. If you count in the fact that I have to tidy up the place as well, it's a lot of work that goes into having them enter. This time, they are entering to perform 'necessary maintenance'. One would think that's attaching a smoke detector, or fixing pipes, right? It's to paint my door. They didn't specify which door in the house, so i'm not aware of where I have to make presentable. It's getting to be too much, and it doesn't feel right for the landlord to call a door painting necessary maintenance, and use that as a premise to enter the building. Would've called to ask which door they were going to paint, but the office closes at 5- the time I get home- so it's very hard to reach them. I'm at my wits end, and I still have 6 months on my lease, so i'm at a loss for what to do. Is it fair for the landlord to enter the building, without scheduling a time arrangement, 5 times a month? and is anything the landlord deems 'necessary' automatically necessary, even if it's painting a door which is most definitely NOT a necessity?
I am renting out a small one bedroom apartment room, and when signing the lease, I do definitely remember signing that the landlord is free to enter the apartment during emergencies. I also signed that the landlord would be able to enter the facility for quartly inspections... but when does it become too much? The landlord has entered ,my apartment 4 times this month, and this time is going to be the 5th. I get 24 hour notice, and am not able to arrange a date so i've had to cancel plans of having people over, as I am not aware of when they will enter. Once they entered at 5:30, and once at 9, so it's unpredictable. It's not that I don't want them to enter my apartment because i'm doing something shady, but rather would prefer to have a little bit of privacy. When people you don't know are entering your home once every week, it does not feel very private. If you count in the fact that I have to tidy up the place as well, it's a lot of work that goes into having them enter. This time, they are entering to perform 'necessary maintenance'. One would think that's attaching a smoke detector, or fixing pipes, right? It's to paint my door. They didn't specify which door in the house, so i'm not aware of where I have to make presentable. It's getting to be too much, and it doesn't feel right for the landlord to call a door painting necessary maintenance, and use that as a premise to enter the building. Would've called to ask which door they were going to paint, but the office closes at 5- the time I get home- so it's very hard to reach them. I'm at my wits end, and I still have 6 months on my lease, so i'm at a loss for what to do. Is it fair for the landlord to enter the building, without scheduling a time arrangement, 5 times a month? and is anything the landlord deems 'necessary' automatically necessary, even if it's painting a door which is most definitely NOT a necessity?
