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الاثنين، 10 فبراير 2014
Landlords generally understand the significance of inspecting rental property periodically. Periodic visits to your property will help ensure that it stays in good condition, as tenant screening is not enough to guarantee this. There could be significant damage from a marijuana grow up as well, so this is another big reason to check out your property here and there.
Unless you live right next door, and can keep a constant eye out, you'll need to make arrangements to visit the property. A landlord can always drive by the home to assess the situation, but to go inside, what are the rules around that?
It's not something that is always easy to manage.
Laws are on the books that designate when you can visit your rental property. In BC, the law says that "A tenant is entitled to exclusive possession of a rental unit, including reasonable privacy, and quiet and peaceful enjoyment."
If you drop in without giving the proper notice, you are in violation of the law, and could face nasty consequences. Indicate on your rental agreement that you will be inspecting the unit periodically. The maximum amount you can inspect your property in BC is once a month.
Landlords in BC are able to enter their tenant's unit when:
If life or property needs to be protected because of an emergency. If further harm to the property is imminent and it's an urgent situation that can't wait, this is a case where you can enter.
A landlord must provide written notice to a tenant to enter the unit with at least 24 hours notice, and not more than 30 days before.
The tenant gives permission to enter to the landlord. If it's not an emergency, you should provide written notice to the tenant and to record the circumstances that required you to enter the unit. If a landlord just drops by, tenants may later say that they give permission only because they felt intimidated by the landlord.
Entry is required for the landlord to provide housekeeping or similar services under, if included in the tenancy agreement.
The rental appears to be vacated by the tenant. This would be situations like no appearance of occupancy on the unit, or if the rent has not been paid.
An order has been provided by an arbitrator allowing entry to the unit.
Even when a landlord is entering the property for a "reasonable purpose", it may not be considered "reasonable" if the landlord enters too frequently. In BC, the Act states that a landlord can inspect rental units once a month.
If the landlord works around the schedule of the tenant to arrange for visitation times, the process goes much more smoothly.
When looking to minimize any issues when doing inspections, landlords should:
Provide at least the legally required notice to tenants before property inspection.
The inspections should have a reasonable purpose like for periodic inspections or for repairs or upgrades.
Log the visitations in a notebook with the reason for visiting, and the date and time.
Discuss visits and inspections with your tenants right from the start. Let them know right up front that you'll be making regular inspections.
If they're expecting the visits, rather than being surprised, it's much less likely that they'll complain. When you have done proper inspections on your home, you will be able to avoid some serious problems in the future, including illegal activities.
Unless you live right next door, and can keep a constant eye out, you'll need to make arrangements to visit the property. A landlord can always drive by the home to assess the situation, but to go inside, what are the rules around that?
It's not something that is always easy to manage.
Laws are on the books that designate when you can visit your rental property. In BC, the law says that "A tenant is entitled to exclusive possession of a rental unit, including reasonable privacy, and quiet and peaceful enjoyment."
If you drop in without giving the proper notice, you are in violation of the law, and could face nasty consequences. Indicate on your rental agreement that you will be inspecting the unit periodically. The maximum amount you can inspect your property in BC is once a month.
Landlords in BC are able to enter their tenant's unit when:
If life or property needs to be protected because of an emergency. If further harm to the property is imminent and it's an urgent situation that can't wait, this is a case where you can enter.
A landlord must provide written notice to a tenant to enter the unit with at least 24 hours notice, and not more than 30 days before.
The tenant gives permission to enter to the landlord. If it's not an emergency, you should provide written notice to the tenant and to record the circumstances that required you to enter the unit. If a landlord just drops by, tenants may later say that they give permission only because they felt intimidated by the landlord.
Entry is required for the landlord to provide housekeeping or similar services under, if included in the tenancy agreement.
The rental appears to be vacated by the tenant. This would be situations like no appearance of occupancy on the unit, or if the rent has not been paid.
An order has been provided by an arbitrator allowing entry to the unit.
Even when a landlord is entering the property for a "reasonable purpose", it may not be considered "reasonable" if the landlord enters too frequently. In BC, the Act states that a landlord can inspect rental units once a month.
If the landlord works around the schedule of the tenant to arrange for visitation times, the process goes much more smoothly.
When looking to minimize any issues when doing inspections, landlords should:
Provide at least the legally required notice to tenants before property inspection.
The inspections should have a reasonable purpose like for periodic inspections or for repairs or upgrades.
Log the visitations in a notebook with the reason for visiting, and the date and time.
Discuss visits and inspections with your tenants right from the start. Let them know right up front that you'll be making regular inspections.
If they're expecting the visits, rather than being surprised, it's much less likely that they'll complain. When you have done proper inspections on your home, you will be able to avoid some serious problems in the future, including illegal activities.
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