Re: Emergency/repair access to locked rms inside house

Re: Emergency/repair access to locked rms inside house by Anonymous (GA) on June 1, 2012 @10:47

We rented a three bedroom home to a family of five: mom, dad, grandmother, and two sons.

I think the law is 2 people per room, for a total of six. We have no control over how they divvy up rooms and where people decide to sleep.

We saw the mattress in the basement two days ago when we went over after report of flood.

Are we even legally able to ask who sleeps where? Is that legally any of my business? I have no reason to think they've moved in more tenants than the five who originally rented.

Thanks,

K

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Re: Emergency/repair access to locked rms inside house by Jake on June 1, 2012 @11:00	[ Reply ]

"We have no control over how they divvy up rooms and where people decide to sleep." You say this because you are new to being a landlord and do not understand how illegal it is to have people living in the basement and how much liability you are assuming to allow it to continue. There is not one landlord here who will tell you that a tenant living in the basement is OK. For all you know, they are growing dope in the rooms you are being denied access to.

Re: Emergency/repair access to locked rms inside house by OK-LL on June 1, 2012 @11:06	[ Reply ]

Having been around the barn on this one with my local code enforcement, in fact the LL is NOT responsible if the tenant decides to sleep in the bathroom, the hallway or the basement. So long as the rental has adequate actual bedrooms to accommodate the tenants, it is NOT up to the LL to handcuff the tenants to a bedpost in a bedroom at night.

Re: Emergency/repair access to locked rms inside house by Anonymous on June 1, 2012 @11:51	[ Reply ]

How many tenants do you have living in your basement?

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