Am I being Unreasonable?
As I get older, I find I get more surly and hardheaded about things like courtesy, respect, taking my word for what it is etc. This is a relatively new trend, and I often find I can't help myself but get riled up and try to set shit right rather than let it go. It feels like it should be going the other way, but what can you do?
In this particular instance, we put in our 30 day notice about 6 days ago. They give us a 25 hour notice that they are going to have someone look at the apartment tomorrow. Because we have several valuables strewn about yet and I don't want some stranger making a shopping list out of, I called them and told them I would like to have them wait about a week so we can get some of that stuff into our storage unit before they show the apartment.
Now, we've paid our rent on time, every month for 3 years. Never had anyone complain about us, and rarely complained about others. We have been dream tenants from the start. All we have asked is for 2 things;
1.) do not enter our apartment without someone being present, which they have done repeatedly against my wishes (to fix non-emergency things).
2.) and most recently, complained about the white trash neighbors above us who fit 3 kids and 3 adults into a 3 bedroom apartment. Nothing of course was done about this.
By no means is this a shit complex. These are highly-sought apartments tucked away into a forest reserve and the rent is pretty high in comparison to anything within about 20 miles.
The gal tells me no, they have the right to show the apartment and by law they only have to give us a 24 hour notice. I said I understand your 'right' but I would appreciate the courtesy of some advanced notice so we can coordinate getting most of our nice stuff out first. So, I told her if she wants to get technical about it, the lease states that I cannot "unreasonably deny" them access to show the apartment, and that it is reasonable for me to deny them access because I would like to get our high-ticket items out of plain site before they show the place. I told her if they want to call the police and bring it in front of the judge, they are welcome - I understand the law but I am not being unreasonable as far as I am concerned.
What do you think?
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