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Which country was this in? I find it incredible...is it everywhere like this?

by blub 12y ago

gsnedders 12y ago
Certainly in most (all) of Europe (even in places with relatively weak, by European standards, tenancy agreements like the UK!) nobody except the tenant can enter the property unless advance notice is given or in case of emergency (e.g., if a pipe bursts, the landlord is entitled to repair it without having to give advance notice).
monknomo 12y ago
If you are in the states and are not in a place with an extremely well established rental market run by professional landlords, it is probably like that. Of course, most places require that landlords give the tenant some amount of notice before entering the home (generally a day or so), but taping a notice to the renter's door that said "remodeling starts tomorrow and will last a month" would probably cover that. Some states have renter's law that says something like "if your rental is unusable because of construction or damage or what have you" that you can seek "equivalent premises at the market rate" and bill your landlord, but I suspect if you do that you'd better start shopping for a new place to live and limbering up your small claims court documentation. //edit The bottom line in the states is that you probably have decent rental protection but will have to sue the guy you are buying a roof from if they don't voluntarily play nice.
millstone 12y ago
This was in the USA, where the law states that landlords and their hired contractors may enter during "reasonable hours" for "improvements." Probably rendering the apartment inhabitable for hours every day is not legal, and I could have sued for some compensation, but living there had gotten so miserable with the construction noise and random water shutoffs that I just wanted out.
- quesera 12y ago
  The law varies by state. The states I'm familiar with have a tenants' right to "peaceable enjoyment" of their rented premises. The new owners were trying to smoke you out. They might have been able to evict you on the basis of their desire to do significant work on the apartment (again, varies by state), but they probably figured it'd be cheaper to just make you miserable. Maybe that's legal in your state.
- moogleii 12y ago
  I don't think a court would have found those hours to be very reasonable if you were asleep or still getting dressed.

Which country was this in? I find it incredible...is it everywhere like this?

by blub 12y ago

Which country was this in? I find it incredible...is it everywhere like this?

Certainly in most (all) of Europe (even in places with relatively weak, by European standards, tenancy agreements like the UK!) nobody except the tenant can enter the property unless advance notice is given or in case of emergency (e.g., if a pipe bursts, the landlord is entitled to repair it without having to give advance notice).

monknomo 12y ago

If you are in the states and are not in a place with an extremely well established rental market run by professional landlords, it is probably like that. Of course, most places require that landlords give the tenant some amount of notice before entering the home (generally a day or so), but taping a notice to the renter's door that said "remodeling starts tomorrow and will last a month" would probably cover that. Some states have renter's law that says something like "if your rental is unusable because of construction or damage or what have you" that you can seek "equivalent premises at the market rate" and bill your landlord, but I suspect if you do that you'd better start shopping for a new place to live and limbering up your small claims court documentation. //edit The bottom line in the states is that you probably have decent rental protection but will have to sue the guy you are buying a roof from if they don't voluntarily play nice.

millstone 12y ago

This was in the USA, where the law states that landlords and their hired contractors may enter during "reasonable hours" for "improvements." Probably rendering the apartment inhabitable for hours every day is not legal, and I could have sued for some compensation, but living there had gotten so miserable with the construction noise and random water shutoffs that I just wanted out.

quesera 12y ago
The law varies by state. The states I'm familiar with have a tenants' right to "peaceable enjoyment" of their rented premises. The new owners were trying to smoke you out. They might have been able to evict you on the basis of their desire to do significant work on the apartment (again, varies by state), but they probably figured it'd be cheaper to just make you miserable. Maybe that's legal in your state.
moogleii 12y ago
I don't think a court would have found those hours to be very reasonable if you were asleep or still getting dressed.