Re: Leaving Door Unlocked - Landlord Forum thread 268912

Re: Leaving Door Unlocked by OK-LL on October 13, 2012 @15:49

If the tenant has left the property unsecured, you may change the locks and provide a notification posted on the door of your contact information and the fact that a key can be obtained 24/7 at tenant's discretion. It is tenant's obligation to secure the property against vandalism and theft. If is LL's right to ensure it is so. And if you don't think people are standing on the corner waiting to swoop in and walk off with your appliances, or "tag" your walls with their personal logo, you must be living in a different place than I. If you make the key available 24/7 you have not locked the tenant out and the notice is your evidence that such was not your intention, your only intention was to secure the property against damage.

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