Landlord's Right of Entry

[GoestoShow]

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Edited by GoestoShow - 1/11/11 at 9:57am

[texmati]

My parents are landlords and currently showing an occupied house. I think if you mentioned that you'd be willing to do showings at other times, and that the apt would be 'show - ready' at those times, the landlords would be accommodating.

My parents certainly would not want to show a house with a screaming baby in the background (that's how bedtimes go around here, at least). They would also be likely to schedule showings around the occupents schedule if they new the house would be spic and span, and attractive.

[VisionaryMom]

We've had this issue. We didn't have kids at the time, but we did have cats. We requested that they let us know so we could be there to keep our cats inside/off the person looking. They were fine with that. IME, the landlord wants to give the best showing possible, and neither the bedroom being off-limits nor a screaming baby who's made to be woken up will help.

[missmich]

Does your landlord seem reasonable? Does he or she have children? They may understand if you set some reasonable showing hours. I'd just explain that b/c of your sons sleep routine it isn't going to easy to show the place after 7pm or during nap times. A lot of landlord want to rent their places asap and many would be willing to have an "open house" to show the place to a few different people during certain hours. I'd suggest the open house option to him and see what he says. Good luck.

[hermionesmum]

My husband works shifts and in our last place I frequently had to arrange the bi-yearly inspections around obscure times he was sleeping. A good landlord should be fine with it as long as you are reasonable.

I'm in the UK and here it's specified that in non-urgent situations landlords must give 24 hours notice.

[rachel1496]

15 minutes?! I thought 24 hours notice was rough.

We're going through the same thing, our landlords are showing the house to prospective buyers. I requested that we try and limit showings between 1 and 4pm for nap time and they were agreeable to that. It hasn't been working out that way though, we've had 2 showings between 2-3pm, but my landlords are jerks that way. If yours are reasonable I don't think it would be a problem.

[moonlitemama]

As a landlord, I always appreciate the tenants who can give me suggested times for showings. I understand that life/kids/etc gets in the way of having the house ready at the drop of a hat. As long as you're not overly stingy with the times you're available to show it, then it should be fine. If you can commit to a certain time frame for certain days, IME, that helps - say, MWF between 3&5 or something, with more flexibility on the weekends and willingness to work with them if they have someone who cannot view the place at your listed times.

Also, make sure you talk to them and see what their understanding is of the notice issue. If you're all on the same page, if makes it much easier. My last tenants to move out made it clear that they were fine with me calling when I had someone interested, and asking if it was an okay time to come over (they didn't have kids). Other tenants have requested that I only show in the evenings and weekends.

Good luck!

[lilyka]

as a landlord I would be more than willing to accomodate bedtime (and I don't think I have ever had a request for a showing after 7PM anyway) especially if you kept it show ready! you sound like a dream tennant.