Re: mid-term house inspection - Landlord Forum thread 338254

Re: mid-term house inspection by Garry (Iowa) on August 21, 2015 @17:28

In most every state's LL/T laws, there are provisions that say the tenant must allow you access to your property, after you giving them proper notice, and a reasonable reason for wanting in. If a T refuses to allow access, they would be in violation of one of your state's LL/T laws regarding access, and ultimately, you would need to go to court to ask a judge to grant you access. That takes time and money. And once you got in, and found lots of damage, how are you going to force the T to fix the damage if they refuse to do so ? Then its back to court again to try to get a judge to either order them to repair the damage, or to evict them because of the damage. More time and money, and it still may not get the job done. The best thing to do, in my opinion, is to try to personally reason with them by phone, text, email, or letter. Ask them for a date and time of their choosing, even if its 2-4 weeks out. If they still refuse, let it go. Just assume they will be leaving damages behind when they move out. Then, about 60-90 days before the end of their lease, you should send them proper notice that you will not be renewing their lease, and to be moved out by the end of it. Yes, that will make them mad as H, and they may do even more damage to your place. But all of us LLs face that same scenario if we happen to get in the wrong T in our property. Good Luck , and let us know next month how it turns out.

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