Notice before a showing

[ILtenant]

We live in Illinois and our duplex is up for sale. How much time is the agent required to give us before showing up with a client? I'm very tired of these 'last minute' notices.

 

[happylucky]

Well it depends if you have a lease or not.

with NO LEASE if you bitch too much you will be given a 30 day notice to move.

With a lease you can demand a 24 hour notice, or why not just leave dirty laundry near the front door, dont flush the toilet when you leave in the morning or if they come unexpectedly, have a pot of heavy garlic and Fish sauce in the refridge, and start cooking it to stink up the place...they should get the hint

And shut off the AC, make them sweat if they want to look at your place.

Also with a lease it is valid until it expires, if anyone wants you to move before it ends they would have to pay you to move

[Edited by happylucky on 07-16-2001 at 05:03 PM]

 

[ILtenant]

OH, yeah, we have a lease. We've been very cooperative with the landlord and the real estate woman. We've always had the house clean, the dog kenneled, we've always agreed to their appointment times, but I am getting a tad irritated with these few-hour notices. I did ask the real estate woman to kindly give us 24 hours and she said, "I'll try." If it's that difficult to give us notice, maybe real estate is beyond her capability. UGH.

Thanks for the repsonse.

 

[happylucky]

UGH is right.......but still do want to move?

Houses sell much faster when its empty, so if you can get the landlord or the potential new owner to pay your moving expenses and give you ALL of your security, up front then moving is not a bad option.

Considering the new owner or present landlord might not renew your lease anyway.

 

[ILtenant]

We don't want to move, we just the real estate woman to treat us with some semblence of respect. Our landlord renewed our lease for another year at the beginning of the month, so they don't have a problem with us. (They are moving out of the opposite side due to illness and not being able to handle the stairs. It's a 2 story duplex)

Anyway, I just wanted to make sure of what we could legally and resonably ask as far as notice to show the place goes. We don't want to be difficult (after all, the new owners are ournew landlords!) but we don't want to be railroaded, either.

Thanks for your advice.

 

[happylucky]

Unless the real estate woman has a boss you can complain to....I dont know what else you can do.

Signing a new lease, this month means you wil get MORE traffic then you might expect, since the agent will probably NOT tell the prospective owner you just signed a new lease.
Untill after they see the home.

But still if someone offered you to pay all your moving expenses and give you back all of your security AND give you a 1/2 or Full month FREE rent just to move....would you turn down the money?



[Edited by happylucky on 07-17-2001 at 12:36 PM]