Property Owner Wants To Access the Unit Without Giving Tenants the Legal 24 Hour Notice Required for a Rental Property.
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all right just got on off the phone with uh property owner that we managed uh and she is attempting to go into her uh the unit uh even though there’s a tenant without any notice uh now what’s going on it’s a little bit more innocent than all that um but we can’t let owners go in without 24 hours uh legal 24 hours notice or the tenant’s permission this tenant is quite accommodating so i think we could probably work something out what’s happening is the owner lives in hawaii and i believe she purchased this property sight unseen so it’s the about a condominium from distance away condominium needed significant work um and as soon as we actually took her on as a client we immediately found a tenant so a tenant was looking at another unit in the building she was aware that we had this unit that was coming to market and she begged and pleaded with us to see it and i actually did take her in to see it myself begrudgingly because it was a god awful mess needed new rugs and needed to be painted needs new countertops needs needed needs everything uh whilst he fell in love with it and it is a really cool unit it’s a really cool building in general it’s a condominium it’s on a pier here in philadelphia the pier goes out over the water um you have a lot of amenities and your unit is basically facing the water and it’s the boat docks are right there uh it’s a very unique kind of a special property so i can understand why she fell in love with it she was willing to move in um even though we told her like look we’re doing significant renovations if you want to move in now uh and live through these um this is quite accommodating so he said absolutely so do whatever it takes to take this unit now the owner is is visiting from hawaii and would like to pop in and see her unit and i guess he’s actually at the building now hoping they’re trying to get into her unit uh the problem with that is the tenant uh legally uh needs 24 hours notice and they deserve at least 24 hours notice before somebody enters the property uh so we had to tell the owner no uh it’s not something that’s legally allowed it’s not something we think is actually uh you know should be expected anyways um the tenant is now the the legal user of this space uh and that’s what’s actually happening with the lease you’re actually giving up your rights to uh something you own for duration in exchange for consideration a consideration being rent so the tenant is paying you rent and in exchange they are now the controller of the of that that the controller the user of that space it’s their space uh for the duration of the lease uh so i’m sure we can actually work something out i’ve already spoken with the tenant i don’t think she’s going to care um if the owner pops in and sees the renovations that we’ve had have done so far and gets a chance to see her unit and if the tenant gives her a go ahead then the owner has a legal right to go in in if we feel that the tenant is giving your go head in general anything is sincere about it then then everything’s fine uh but yes 24 hours notice is required before you enter a property and you know it’s also the right thing to do
