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Issues With Quiet Enjoyment And Landlords Entering Your Home

Quiet enjoyment is a term that often appears in lease agreements. As a tenant, you have certain rights that your landlord must adhere to. For example, you have the right to use and enjoy your premises without someone entering your home unannounced. You also have a right to live in peace without a lot of disturbances.

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When your peace has been violated and you feel it is unjust, there are legal steps that you can take to stop it. If your landlord is making trouble for you, you may be able to prevent it from happening in the future. However, you will need to know about a few issues.

A landlord can enter your premises to show it to a prospective tenant. However, you must receive a notice to vacate, before this occurs. Your landlord must wait until there is less than two weeks or fourteen days, before your notice to vacate expires.

Perhaps a landlord wishes to take out a loan with your building as collateral. The lender can enter your living space to evaluate the value of the property for a loan. The landlord also has the right to show the home to people interested in buying the property.

A landlord may come into your home to inspect the premises, but there are rules to follow. After you move in, the first inspection cannot take place for at least three months, or it violates quiet enjoyment of your home. Also, inspections can only be every six months.

Your landlord cannot come into your living space without twenty four hours notice. The landlord has to let you know why, and what time the entry will occur. Landlords and tenants have other rights and obligations to consider. This is why professional legal advice is very important. This quiet enjoyment article is for general information only, and is not legal advice.

Glenn Duker is qualified to offer many sorts of real estate and property services to residents of Australia. You can contact Glenn Duker to get a prompt and efficient review of your estate transaction questions.

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Posted by Glenn Duker on Jan 13th, 2012 and filed under Real Estate. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.