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Herb Kornfield · 01-04-2005, 01:50 PM

The landlord can enter within 24 hours of written notice. They also can enter ANYTIME that there is a suitation that requires it ( water leaking thru to other apartments, gas odors, other very serious suitations that can place others and yourself at risk)

As far as paying for damages that is what the security deposit is for and for damages that exceed that amount, you will have to cover these if that is what is stated in your rental contract.

Do yourself a favor and make sure that the place is clean, neat and everything is the same condition that it was when you initally took delivery of the apartment. Take pictures as well that can show the time and date in case you are sued later on.

I have had a few rental properties and here is why I usually had to enter a tennants apartment via written notice.

1. Lease is set to expire and I am not interested in renewing the lease for past problems (Constant late rent payments, excessive noise issues, overly disgusting conditions, excessive complaints from other tennants)

2. Selling the property off - I want to know if there is anything that needs fixing up since I will be showing the place to possible buyers. This came up twice and no landlord wants a suprise that an apartment isnt liveable unless there is $10k in rennovations pre-sale to a new buyer.

3. Removing people not on the lease - I once rented to a few younger babes and they decided to let whomever they wanted to "Crash" there. After dealing with 5 or so sets of parents that were looking for their kids, I had to Physically remove people from the apartment and discard their belongings in a dumpster across town to make sure they got the point they dont live there anymore. The lease holder's agreement was teminated and they were sued for 5k in damages. I have a judgement against them at this point and one day when they need another apartment or some other credit, I'll get my money.

Since you have 30 days to fix it from what you posted, it sounds to me that if your lease if soon to expire, it's not going to be renewed and I'd start thinking of where am I going to live next.

01-04-2005, 01:50 PM
Herb Kornfield Is on the 1 Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philly Burbs Posts: 4,996	The landlord can enter within 24 hours of written notice. They also can enter ANYTIME that there is a suitation that requires it ( water leaking thru to other apartments, gas odors, other very serious suitations that can place others and yourself at risk) As far as paying for damages that is what the security deposit is for and for damages that exceed that amount, you will have to cover these if that is what is stated in your rental contract. Do yourself a favor and make sure that the place is clean, neat and everything is the same condition that it was when you initally took delivery of the apartment. Take pictures as well that can show the time and date in case you are sued later on. I have had a few rental properties and here is why I usually had to enter a tennants apartment via written notice. 1. Lease is set to expire and I am not interested in renewing the lease for past problems (Constant late rent payments, excessive noise issues, overly disgusting conditions, excessive complaints from other tennants) 2. Selling the property off - I want to know if there is anything that needs fixing up since I will be showing the place to possible buyers. This came up twice and no landlord wants a suprise that an apartment isnt liveable unless there is $10k in rennovations pre-sale to a new buyer. 3. Removing people not on the lease - I once rented to a few younger babes and they decided to let whomever they wanted to "Crash" there. After dealing with 5 or so sets of parents that were looking for their kids, I had to Physically remove people from the apartment and discard their belongings in a dumpster across town to make sure they got the point they dont live there anymore. The lease holder's agreement was teminated and they were sued for 5k in damages. I have a judgement against them at this point and one day when they need another apartment or some other credit, I'll get my money. Since you have 30 days to fix it from what you posted, it sounds to me that if your lease if soon to expire, it's not going to be renewed and I'd start thinking of where am I going to live next.