OR you could have just painted the room yourself and he would have been the wiser

Actually I just looked it up.

C. Access

A landlord must give a minimum two-day verbal or written notice when needing to enter a tenant's rental unit. Entry should be during reasonable hours and only for such legitimate business reasons such as inspections, repairs, alterations, improvements, supplying necessary services, or showing the unit to potential buyers or renters. Only under extreme circumstances, emergencies or as provided for under RIGL 34-18-39 (failure to maintain) or 40 (remedies for abandonment) can the landlord enter without notice or a court order. Right of entry must not be abused or used to harass the tenant. If such actions take place, or the landlord enters without notice (note aforementioned exceptions), the tenant may go to the local district court to seek injunctive relief to prevent reoccurences, or terminate the renal agreement (see 5A).


Now wtf do I do?

horatio said:

REDFEATHERS said:

wouldn't


but thats what i typically do when i have rented to keep the landlord away, or just out right offer them to do it yourself just bring the reciepts for materials.

SCNDLS said:

Nothing in my lease says that he can enter whenever he wants. It is creepy and he should have called me first. I have no problems him entering but a phone call would be nice.

I am going to call him and ask that he gives me 24 hours notice before entering. I am working full time and going to school 20 hours a week so I have been a little messy lately. No need for him to see dirty laundry on the floor!! I am also going to tape a highlighted copy of the renters rights on the inside of my door for him to see....as well as set up boobie traps to know if someone has been in my apartment again.

OR you could have just painted the room yourself and he would have been the wiser

I would, being keeper of the peace, keep it as civil as possible, as well, since he has the Master Key, you don't want to cause him to retaliate and do something worse. If he doesn't respond, I'd look for another place to live, as hiring an attorney can be costly as well as time-consuming before anything (if anything gets done) gets done.
Best of Luck!

Ya know, it's really sad when you have to worry about retaliation when you haven't done anything wrong.

CarrieLee said:

that right there sums up why I'm locked in a lawsuit with my former employer, demons that they are.....

JerseyKRS said:

How would you feel if one of your daughters was in my situation? Some random dude and his painter going through her apartment....

CarrieLee said:

I'm irrational, I would end up doing something that later on, I'd be saying, "well, I probably could have handled that better than I did...."

do you have a webcam? You can set it up through a website I found from LAPTOP magazine that will basically make it a security cam. You can view the file online when you get home, or watch it streaming online. I'm using it to spy on my kids when we're not home.

That would really freak me out too Carrie. If you haven't already, I would say you should use the "single woman living alone" angle, and be totally civil, but say look, I know youre my landlord but that makes me really uncomfortable and I want to feel secure in my own house, without having to worry when youre coming in. Please always give me notice like youre supposed to.

You could always write a note to that effect and leave it lying around for him too.

horatio said:

You are such a pip at times Horatio.

When I called him I told him I would paint but wanted his permission first. He said that it wouldn't be necessary and he would take care of it for me. And that he would be in touch within the next two weeks.

Over here we need to give 24 hrs notice...if we fail to do so we are in breach of the residential tenancy act .....The tenant would then have the right to lodge a complaint with the RTA.

Ocean said:

I used to have a landlord who would let himself in, he nearly walking in while I was



luckily we heard someone in the apartment and my boyfriend pulled on his pants and went out to confront him

ZombieKitten said:

I have a property u can rent

Ocean said:

well well!!!!! does it have a pool?

ZombieKitten said:

Why yes..yes it does

susannah said:

That is exactly what I'm going to say. I know some people may think I'm overreacting but when you are single and living alone it's creepy. My mom always tells me to go with my gut and I just KNEW someone was in there one day. I just made myself believe it wasn't true so I could sleep at night.

JerseyKRS said:

I'm just going to call him and ask that he gives me a day or two notice before he enters my apartment. I'm also going to tell him I felt very uncomfortable knowing people were in my apartment without me knowing it. I think that is fair and just...if he wants to be a dick and raise my rent then so be it, I'll move.

susannah said:

That is exactly what I'm going to say. I know some people may think I'm overreacting but when you are single and living alone it's creepy. My mom always tells me to go with my gut and I just KNEW someone was in there one day. I just made myself believe it wasn't true so I could sleep at night.

ooo, you can answer me this.

say your house is on the market and someone requests a showing.

say they bring their maybe 2 year old daughter and upon entering the home leave her on a landing in the side entry as the client and relator continue into living area.

Say her daughter , unattended in a strange home falls down the flight of stairs to the basement and dies, breaks a leg what ever.

who is responsible?