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 How Often Can Your Landlord Inspect His/her Property? |
 2.10.2009, 21:40
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User  Group: User Posts: 20 Joined: 2.5.2009 Member No.: 276  |
I hope you can help me with this one. Does anyone know how often can your landlord come to inspect his/her property, to repair smth, etc. My brothers landlord keeps finding an excuse to enter his house every other week. Its getting beyond any joke now!
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4.10.2009, 15:57
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As often as deemed to be reasonable? I appreciate that reasonable depends on the purpose of their visit, but to me every other week does not seem acceptable.
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6.10.2009, 21:40
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 Senior Group: Administrator Posts: 106 Joined: 3.3.2009 Member No.: 36 |
Although your landlord has the right to access the property they let, its the reasonable access s/he is allowed to undertake repairs, for example. In any case, s/he should seek tenants' permission first and is supposed to give 24 hour notice. This is so that the tenant can have a quiet enjoyment of their tenancy, ie live in their rented property without being disturbed by the likes of letting agents and/or landlords.
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6.10.2009, 22:46
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User Group: User Posts: 20 Joined: 2.5.2009 Member No.: 276 |
Cheers for that, ivolets. But is this so called 'quiet enjoyment' the right and if so, does it have to be stated in the tenantcy agreement? And also what could be done (if anything) when your landlord does not respect it?
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7.10.2009, 21:35
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Senior Group: Administrator Posts: 106 Joined: 3.3.2009 Member No.: 36 |
I believe its an implied right, so does not have to be written into the tenancy agreement. Did your brother speak to his landlord about it?
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8.10.2009, 19:59
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 Senior Group: User Posts: 75 Joined: 3.3.2009 Member No.: 37 |
Talking to your landlord first is probably a good idea as you dont want to alienate (did i spell this right?) your landlord. If it does not help, think you can even apply for injunction at court for breaching the infamous 'quiet enjoyment' term. You can always seek specialist housing advice re: your options.
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11.10.2009, 12:16
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User Group: User Posts: 27 Joined: 16.6.2009 Member No.: 527 |
Could the landlord be done for trespassing tenants premises as well?
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14.10.2009, 21:42
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Senior Group: Administrator Posts: 106 Joined: 3.3.2009 Member No.: 36 |
I believe so, trespassing is one of the civil offences too.
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19.10.2009, 20:57
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Senior Group: User Posts: 32 Joined: 16.6.2009 Member No.: 528 |
This is really interesting! For some reason I've always assumed that landlords have the right to come and go as they please because it's their house, but the above make such a perfect sense!
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22.1.2010, 18:35
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New member Group: User Posts: 6 Joined: 15.1.2010 Member No.: 1057 |
QUOTE (suzie @ 19.10.2009, 20:57)  This is really interesting! For some reason I've always assumed that landlords have the right to come and go as they please because it's their house, but the above make such a perfect sense! Hi, although it is the landlord owns the property the tenant is usually paying the landlord a considerable sum of money to be able to call it 'their home'. Although a landlord can request access to a property, they must give 24hrs notice. Most Tenancy agreements grant the tenant a right to private enjoyment of the dwelling too so check out the contract. It is worth speaking to your brother's landlord on a personal basis (or your brother doing it). Either way I think that is way too many visits... How is this guy even finding the time to do it? Maybe he's really lonely? hehe Tim |
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