How much notice is required?
She calls to say tomorrow at 9:30AM

I work nights and this time is not convenient for me. What are my rights?

7/12/2012 4:23:58 PM

i'd look at your lease

7/12/2012 4:25:31 PM

Just empty your cum jugs and and hide the manga

I don't see the big deal

7/12/2012 4:27:07 PM

the "big deal" is being unable to get a full night's rest
thus fucking my entire day and the next night at work

7/12/2012 4:29:51 PM

that's really lame. how long is the guy supposed to be there?

7/12/2012 4:32:10 PM

7/12/2012 4:35:30 PM

^^ fuck if I know

I'm not unreasonable and I know they need to do this
but I don't work on Sunday night or Monday - come Monday morning when it is convenient for me

7/12/2012 4:38:42 PM

Call back and bitch about it to your landlord.

NC Tenant law says "reasonable" notice. That pretty much means you need a judge to interpret the circumstances if there were a dispute, which is not going to happen in this situation.

Is this emergency maintenance?

7/12/2012 4:51:47 PM

nope

it is for upgrades to the unit because we've chosen not to renew our lease (after a rent increase)

they also want to start showing the place but there's still a month and a half left on the lease
I accept the necessity of both of those things but I insist on at least 24 hours written notice to maintain the quiet enjoyment of my dwelling

7/12/2012 5:18:50 PM

I think 24 hour notice is typical. But if it's an emergency, I think the landlord can come in with less than 24 hours notice.

7/12/2012 5:21:07 PM

^^yeah that's plenty of notice then...especially if you're not renewing

7/12/2012 5:21:55 PM

I'd like to do some contracting work in DivaBaby19's apartment. Probably take a look at her plumbing, and end up laying some pipe down.

7/12/2012 5:24:51 PM

Quote :

"I think 24 hour notice is typical. But if it's an emergency, I think the landlord can come in with less than 24 hours notice."

Yes

7/12/2012 5:30:54 PM

the landlord really only gave 17 hours notice

7/12/2012 5:33:40 PM

have you told them that time doesn't jive with you??

7/12/2012 5:35:53 PM

i thought most companies wouldn't even show a place if people were still living there. hell, they wouldn't even show us this place the day after the people had moved out because they hadn't had a chance to paint, clean, etc.

7/12/2012 5:36:28 PM

^^ no I posted to TWW first

7/12/2012 5:41:41 PM

17 hours is still reasonable, and 9:30am is a reasonable time to arrive as well.

Unless you work 2nd/3rd shift and need to justifiably be asleep during the morning, you should just suck it up.

Basically, next day notice is a reasonable time frame with notification during the business day. So calling you at 4:30pm to enter the residence at 9:30am the next morning is reasonable notification.

They don't have to put it in writing. Pulling that card is not going to get you anywhere. The best you're going to get (if the landlord is decent) is to ask for a full business day's notice (aka notice on monday for a wednesday appointment).

If you do work the night shift, then arriving at 9:30am is not reasonable and you should be very frank with your landlord about it. Have them come later in the day when you would naturally be awake.

7/12/2012 7:10:55 PM

It would not hurt to explain your work schedule to them so they can try to avoid this in the future.

7/13/2012 8:40:04 AM

Nothing you do is going to fix the problem. You're moving out, so they don't care if they piss you off. It's not in your lease that they have to give you 24 hours notice. It's not guaranteed by the statute. Basically, you have no choice but to suck it up and deal with it.

If you want to make their life a living hell, you can do nothing to help them lease the apartment. I've been shown apartments that tenants were still living in, and it's not a pretty sell. These people were still in there when we walked through and had made no effort to clean up at all. That's the risk the landlord takes for showing it before you've moved out.

7/13/2012 9:42:34 AM

I move out of my shithole on the 31st. Since the 24th of January my landlord has shown our house for at least an hour and a half at least three days a week.

7/13/2012 10:39:32 AM

Quote :

"i thought most companies wouldn't even show a place if people were still living there. hell, they wouldn't even show us this place the day after the people had moved out because they hadn't had a chance to paint, clean, etc."

Following something like this is horrible business sense. Landlord (or leasing companies) will want to have a new tenant signed up weeks or months in advance. That's a far more important issue than the place not looking great. All they have to say is they are having it cleaned and repainted, new carpet being installed, etc and then most prospective tenants don't care.

7/13/2012 11:04:07 AM

all you people must have shitty relationships with your landlords.

if you've been a good tenant, they will most likely work with you on things like this even if you aren't renewing your lease. just talk to them. damn.

7/13/2012 11:10:51 AM

^^they showed us a similar, smaller unit that is their model and pictures of what this place looked like, but they wouldn't show us the actual unit. at my old place they showed me the actual unit because they had tons of open places. maybe that's just how they do things, wasn't sure if it was usual. we ended up deciding to rent here so i guess it worked out for them anyway.

7/13/2012 11:16:31 AM

fuck a landlord

7/13/2012 11:20:36 AM

I find it odd that someone would show an apartment with someone still living there. Most apartment complexes have models or at least empty units they can show. I've toured many apartment complexes and have never seen this happen. Now a rental house on the other hand, yes.

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"I move out of my shithole on the 31st. Since the 24th of January my landlord has shown our house for at least an hour and a half at least three days a week."

What kind of hole do you live in? When I was looking for a place to rent, if I didn't schedule an appointment the first couple of days it was listed and have an application filled out that first week, I wasn't even in the running. Some people would even fill out applications and pay the fee without even seeing the place first. Rentals are in high demand right now

7/13/2012 6:52:33 PM

well there goes the landlord coming over with 16 hours notice again

can't wait to move

8/1/2012 5:40:31 PM

Dont know your bill of rights and you don't read the leases you sign.



Batting 0 here.

8/1/2012 5:46:43 PM

8/1/2012 5:47:27 PM

did you try asking them for the (i'm assuming its) prospective new tenants to come by Friday instead?

8/1/2012 5:49:17 PM

this time it is a different contractor

we're moving out at the end of the month so they really really don't give a fuck about our convenience or "quiet enjoyment" of the rental property

8/1/2012 5:54:19 PM

You should keep your private stuff and valuables independently secured within your dwelling anyway. With regard to privacy and sleep and stuff. GOD HELP any motherfucker that wakes me up, notice or not. Especially a fucking landlord. I'd start banging pots and pans right by their ear till they get off my property.

8/1/2012 6:06:36 PM

My rent went up too...

But only by $10.

8/1/2012 6:09:59 PM

tell them you arent ok w/ them coming at that time then get one of those security posts and put it in front of the door.

[Edited on August 1, 2012 at 9:13 PM. Reason : or sleep naked in the living room]

8/1/2012 9:13:07 PM

Quote :

" Especially a fucking landlord. I'd start banging pots and pans right by their ear till they get off my their property."

8/1/2012 9:44:35 PM