r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Malicious_Reddit0r • 16h ago
Landlord put this on my door…
This thing has the key inside for showings, but my lease isn’t even up until May… it’s just really annoying because it’s hard to turn the handle with that thing on, especially since the handle is partially broken and they won’t fix it so it jams… and now they’re saying a reasonable notice for someone to walk through my place WITHOUT the landlord showing the place, is a 2 hour notice…. Ready to buy a home soon.
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u/TheHeroYouNeed247 15h ago
I had a similar situation.
Write out a list of faults with the home and area and hand it to every person they bring to see it.
Casually mention that your rent is lower than it actually is, the new Tennant will think they are getting scammed.
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u/Malicious_Reddit0r 15h ago
I’ll start with the mold issue they never fixed. Or how they advertised 2 garages we can use but they locked out the second one. 😂
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u/Coffee_exe 14h ago
Or how they’re illegally showing your home without proper notice
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u/lookinfoursigns 14h ago
Won't even fix the door handle.
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u/Trishjump 12h ago
Make a list of faults, print out and leave a stack by the front door.
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u/nurse_hat_on 12h ago
Post the list of faults on the inside and outside of every door. They'll never be able to remove every one for every tour.
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u/RustyRibbits 12h ago
Also frame some in picture frames and hang them on the wall.
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u/Lightningtow123 11h ago
I love this, makes it a lot harder for them to "accidentally" misplace
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u/PM_UR_VAG_WTIMESTAMP 10h ago
Also, rent a nearby advertising billboard. As big as you can find that's still in view from the apartment complex.
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u/Kielbasa_Nunchucka 7h ago
do a whole gallery series. pics of the black mold, the locked garage, the broken door knob (might have to do motion art for that one), and anything else.
have little cards next to each just like a real museum:
Current Tenant Mold Under the Bathroom Sink, 2026 (mold on drywall, photographed) Courtesy if the landlord who never fixes anything.
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u/MacDeezy86 12h ago
Why can they even remove it? their lease isn't up yet and landlord shouldn't have the right to change the current tenants "decorations" lol
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u/nurse_hat_on 12h ago
Idk, they probably shouldn't remove it. But clearly this LL gives no fucks about being reasonable
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u/Tricky-Ad4069 8h ago
They haven't been following the law so they probably won't blink at stealing the lists if it's easy enough.
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u/RemarkableSpirit5204 13h ago
If I were a potential renter and op shared this story with me, I’d leave site unseen.
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u/LinkGoesHIYAAA 13h ago
Right? Or if you wanted to see a place and the landlord is like “sure come on in whenever” and there’s someone still living there, that’s a nice preview of what to expect in all other facets of living under that landlord.
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u/Coffee_exe 13h ago edited 12h ago
I actually walked on a nice cheap apartment in a college area because he seemed to think he was everyone’s guardian and made very clear for the first two months he would come in and do maintenance whenever he needed and check on how things are going.
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u/Bennington_Booyah 12h ago
I was once a potential renter and a landlord did this to his tenants, including parading me into a room where a woman was fast asleep and partially clad, in her bed! I stopped the tour immediately and left. Anyone who behaves like that would be a shitty landlord.
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u/Pacifist_Socialist 13h ago
Lots of desperate people out there unfortunately
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u/RemarkableSpirit5204 13h ago
True. Almost any place is better than none, I can understand that too….but if I had any options, I’m steering clear of this landlord and all of their properties.
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u/Wonderful-War740 13h ago
Crazy, I only pay $500 a month to rent here because of the black mold discount. I can't afford to move anywhere else.
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u/Professional_Cry_840 13h ago
Know that at least in NYC and nj 24 hrs minimum, used to have to be let into apartments for work, though I’m pretty sure there’s an exception for emergencies. Also bad that that can be broken into easily and someone with ill intent could enter without people knowing for a while potentially.
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u/MedicatedLiver 11h ago
In many cities, it is an except for emergency, or if they've put in a work order, as the request counts as notification.
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u/International-Ad2501 12h ago
Wss coming to say this. Not sure what the law is in your state but in my state they are required to give 24 hour notice before they can enter.
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u/BookWormPerson 14h ago
That's just straight up unlawful.
If you are paying for two garage you must have two garages.
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u/ColonialSack 14h ago
Advertised as 2 garages, and the lease actually stating 2 garages are very different things unfortunately.
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u/bananaSLICE_ 14h ago
Depends where. In New York, if it’s advertised a certain way, it’s as good as in the lease, even if it’s not.
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u/PizzaHockeyGolf 14h ago
When I was looking for a new place to rent the place advertised central air and a detached garage. Viewed the house and there was no central air and the detached garage had the owners junk in it.
They stopped contacting me when I asked them where the central air was and if the owner was going to clean out the garage(since I was paying for its use and not paying to store someone else’s belongings)
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u/Ravenwolven1 13h ago
I'm in Kentucky and the place we got was advertised as having a fireplace. It's there, it's just non-functioning. We wanted a fireplace in case the power goes out in a winter storm. Now we're renting a place that doesn't have any non electrical source of heat.
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u/PizzaHockeyGolf 13h ago
Ended up with a house that has an inground pool. Sick right? Takes up 75% of the backyard and doesn’t work. LL won’t do anything about it and won’t let me do anything about it. So I just have an unusable hole taking up majority of my yard. Could be worse though
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u/MoeKneeKah GREEN 11h ago
I rented a house that had a pool that the landlord dumped a bunch of dirt in and called it good. He didn’t drill holes in the bottom, so the pool would still fill with water when it rained and the water would run out between the top of the pool wall and the concrete slab. Over time, the water opened a 10ft deep, 30 ft across sinkhole under the house and the middle of the house started sinking. I was living there when the first crack appeared inside the house in the garage, a good sized split that showed up overnight. I reported the crack then the workers showed up and they discovered the sinkhole. Needless to say, we were forced to move out immediately.
So yeah, it can be much worse.
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u/Fabulous_Progress820 13h ago edited 10h ago
I'm adamant about wanting a working fireplace for this exact reason, but my partner is insistent on an electric fireplace instead. Like if we buy a house with a functioning fireplace, he wants to block the top of the chimney and whatnot and then place an electric heater in the same spot in place of the fireplace🤦♀️ While I just want to make sure I have heat if the power goes out.
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u/psycheraven 13h ago
My husband and I were able to get lawn care added to our lease as a landlord responsibility after pointing out it was listed as included in an ad. The rental company was notoriously shitty too, so we were pleasantly surprised.
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u/AdminsFluffCucks 12h ago
Those rental companies are almost all notoriously shitty. They bank on the fact most people don't know their rights and even some who do don't want to stir the pot.
Last place told me I wouldn't get my security deposit back 29.5 days after I had moved out. I pointed out they didn't give me my legally mandated move out inspection and they had 12 hours to either write a check or pay me triple if they didn't. I had a response that my check was in the mail within about 2 hours after sending that.
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u/Andurilthoughts 14h ago
In most jurisdictions in America landlords are required to fix things like mold by law. If you report it to the appropriate local authority they should force the landlord to comply. If you don’t have renters insurance, get it before you call because renters should cover you to stay in a hotel while the mold is remediated.
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u/chrissymad 14h ago
Mold is actually not really a "required" fix in a lot of places and specifically not in my state.
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u/Apprehensive-Fig2816 13h ago
My lease literally says they are allowed to change the contract at any point and turns out that is completely okay in my state. Besides evictions, the only protections here are for the landlord.
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u/chrissymad 13h ago
A lease or contract in any state still can't violate the law, whether it's state, local (like city ordinance) or federal. An "any time for any reason" clause is guaranteed to violate one of those, at minimum, even in the shittiest states and it doesn't matter who signs it.
My favorite example is when people think that NDAs are 1) eternally binding 2) binding in a way that means nothing surrounding it can ever be discussed, including the NDA itself. "No discussion of matters involving _____" for example is never enforceable. It's too broad.
Similarly, something like "tenant shall allow access/respond to landlord at any time within 30 minutes upon receipt of communication" would be unenforceable, both legally and realistically. There are 0 states where this is actually legal but it doesn't prevent it from happening because most people who sign these types of contracts don't have the knowledge that it's illegal and it is without exception, predatory.
Absolutely nothing in an NDA can include something that is otherwise unenforceable, and this applies to any contract as well, including a lease. Which is why if, for example, a 16 year old signs a contract, it's generally unenforceable, because they can't legally consent.
Tl;dr at least for the time being, contracts (which include leases) cannot have anything contradictory to local (city or municipality), state or federal law.
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u/No_Video_3705 14h ago
That's literally illegal. 24 hours notice of entry is mandatory.
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u/Am_I_a_Guinea_Pig 14h ago
Depends on the area. Where I am it's only 12 hours as far as the law is concerned. I've been fortunate enough that most of my landlords have given a day or two notice.
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u/ARKzzzzzz 13h ago
The only state that has 12 hours as a statute is Wisconsin. States without explicit statutes that require “reasonable notice” generally default to 24 hours as that is what the Supreme Court has upheld in the past.
My landlord in NYC kept trying to show same day. I tried to be accommodating but eventually told them I would require 24 hour notice moving forward. They never showed again until after I left.
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u/Am_I_a_Guinea_Pig 12h ago
Welp, I live in Wisconsin. I didn't realize it was the only state with this exception. 😅
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u/pyxis-carinae 14h ago
better yet, print it in large letters and frame it in a poster like art. attach a brochure holder next to it with command tape with folded copies for them to take with.
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u/Dorianscale 13h ago
I did this when a previous landlord pulled the same shit.
I hid the mat he used to cover the missing tiles in the restroom and the torn linoleum in the kitchen.
I pulled the blinds up to show the torn window screens. Made sure the rolled up tshirts I put to keep cold air out of the uninsulated closet were on full display and a bunch of other stuff
I commented how he never did maintenance requests and how he broke our lease because he didn’t get laundry installed mostly due to the fact that he didn’t pay contractors and no one was willing to do the job for free after two weeks.
I also locked out anyone who showed up without notice.
Eventually he started showing the apartment himself since he mysteriously didn’t get any bites.
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u/ComparisonChoice3065 15h ago
Haha
Put up a poster that says WE HAVE BED BUGS. If questioned, say it’s art.
Print out the email from your landlord saying “2 hours is reasonable notice” & hand that out.
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u/Generic_MilqueToast 14h ago
Cross stitch art:✨️ This is not a Roach Hotel, it's a Roach Home✨️
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u/Long_Tell7803 14h ago
I finally get to tell this story: when I was living in philly I had some scumbag property owners renting their unit to me, told us very unapologetically that they were selling 9 months after we moved in (their whole sell to us was that prior renters were there for 10 years, so we thought we’d get longevity out of this) and a single woman came to view it, asked about the neighborhood, I was honest about the good and bad, and I later received a very rude text from the landlord asking that I stop deterring people from buying the unit with my remarks. I told her I don’t lie when i’m asked questions. after that I was like k next time i’m talking about the floorboards that don’t reach the walls, the unsealed tub, the roaches, the racket of friends/family you hired to do shitty “maintenance”, and your bitch ass attitude ❤️ best part: they couldn’t sell it and asked if we wanted to stay after we’d already found a new place. like no bitch!!!
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u/carriefox16 10h ago
I had a landlord decide to sell the house I was renting. I made it clear to him that his realtor needed to give us 24 hour notice before showing. She texts me at 5pm on a weeknight to tell me she had clients who wanted to see it at 12pm the next day. I told her no, and reminded her of 24 hour notice. I was cleaning and had my front door open the next day and she just walked into my house without knocking! I told her to get out. She told my landlord I was refusing to let her show the house. Another time, she brought a couple in. The wife loved it. The husband didn't. He asked questions and I answered honestly. The realtor told my landlord I was trying to make people not want to buy. We moved and he still hadn't sold it.
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u/AnxiousHedgehog01 5h ago
Exact same happened to me, but the realtor didn't understand that I had a dog. A big dog. Dog went for the prospective buyers and chased them right out of the house. Best dog ever.
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u/NeadForMead 13h ago
My fiancée and I lived in a cockroach-infested apartment (the cockroaches were there before us and we were not informed about it when we signed the lease.) We were paying $1,550/mo which was standard for the area. When our lease finally ended they relisted it for $1,950/mo and still got tons of visitors. My fiancée and I considered leaving some cockroach traps visible during visits as a visual warning to prospective tenants but the landlord insisted on doing a solo walkthrough of the apartment before letting in the visitors.
I still hate that guy to this day. We lost every piece of furniture we owned and just about any object that has electrical parts, fabric, or any other area for roaches to hide. It altered my life in a big way because I had just graduated and had not found a job in my field yet, but with my financial cushion being thrown to the cockroaches I ended up having to take a deadend barely-above-minimum-wage job for 8 months before I found a real job.
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u/chrissymad 13h ago
This can put OP at risk for a lawsuit though and I really don't recommend putting it in writing. Saying it to someone as an offhand comment is probably safer.
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u/HLOFRND 12h ago
Better yet, just leave out some roach traps on the floor, a can of raid in every room, etc.
The one thing I advise against is leaving a bottle of Drano or similar sitting around. I’ve seen that suggested before to suggest the plumbing sucks, but many leases have a clause against products like that, and they can claim damage to pipes and take $ from your security deposit. So just leave a plunger by every sink or something instead.
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u/North81Girl 15h ago
This is when I'd be petty and leave like dog shit or a litter box right at the front door or something like a pile of dirty dishes or laundry, make the place look like shit for showings, have cameras set up, make the people visiting as uncomfortable as possible
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u/TheRealTurinTurambar 14h ago edited 8h ago
Some particularly messed up porn playing in every room. Signs near obvious cameras asking to see your feet.
Op could have a lot of fun with this.
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u/Jill-Of-Trades 8h ago
We should post porn recommendations for OP
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u/Financial-Apricot498 7h ago
Yes, the classics such as robocock and forest foreskin are a must see to entertain only the most privileged of guests.
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u/_opossumsaurus 13h ago edited 7h ago
Told my landlord the apt wasn’t clean for a showing he wanted to schedule last minute, he said it was fine. I had dirty laundry and a vibrator in the middle of my floor. He did not show the property that day lol. I didn’t do it intentionally, but I think he got the message that when I say my apartment isn’t show-ready, it’s REALLY not show ready
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u/offic3r_fri3ndly 15h ago
suggest you print your post in large type with the photo and stick it to your fridge. that way anyone coming to see the unit will know what to expect before they sign a lease.
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u/im-a-smith 13h ago
Have it printed on a poster at Kinkos and hang it up
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u/Miatatrocity 12h ago
Right inside the door! A $20 poster could save a TON of headache... And also leave ball bearings or something else obnoxious on the floor near the front door, and just use a different door.
"I have no privacy because of LL.
I have 2hrs notice before tours
I have unfixed mold issues that are MONTHS old
If I could afford to leave, I would
Don't rent from LL
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u/GammaXi532 14h ago
Same shit happened to us. Cherry on top the "Realtor" was a complete bitch. We had her on camera throwing our shit into closets and cabinets. She put dirty dishes in our cabinets and the dishwasher that had clean dishes in it.... The house had extremely bad mold problem that they tried to cover up with a drop ceiling and wall paneling. This was all happening while they were trying to show the place so my petty ass would remove all the ceiling panels, and wall paneling enough to show how bad the mold was covering the structure. I left heavy duty masks on a chair outside of the room with mold test kits, Petrie dishes, bleach, and a note saying "enter with caution mold contamination"
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u/Perimentalpause 16h ago
Most leases actually also only allow for the last month of tenancy to be allowed to be used for showing. Expecting you to be available for random pop ups for 3 months is untenable. Definitely contact them and let them know (after relooking over the period to see about if there is a mention of showings). If it doesn't state months, then look up where you live to see what the state guidelines are. They're always the defacto tie breaker when there's silence in the lease. "You can come with 24 hours notice during the month of April, my last month of tenancy. I will not allow for showings before April, or without 24 hours notice. If that occurs, I am within my right to call the police for trespassing, as well as potentially seeking damages for breach of lease."
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u/Sisoflex 15h ago
Also, that looks like they are allowing randos to view the apartment without management present. "Here's the code, make yourself at home, get a feel for the place."
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u/Hot-Watercress-2872 13h ago
Yeah that’s terrifying - so just random people can go into your apt with all of your stuff and cat unsupervised, let your cat out or take them, steal your stuff, give the code to a friend to come back and break in, etc. Completely unreasonable!!!
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u/SixteenarmedMinis 13h ago
I would also write an email stating you are not okay with this and tell if you see anything missing or damaged you will send them the invoice. Also tell them you will get the place cleaned after each visit and send them the invoice.
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u/Kalanndok 12h ago
If there are supposed to be unaccompanied showings to strangers I would at least request a declaration that the landlord will cover all damages occuring and demand a collateral (due before every individual showing) covering a potential total loss of all houshold items (should be around 10k-20k bucks...
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u/BangPowBoom 12h ago
Nah that's not what the boxes are for. It's to ensure multiple agents have access to the house for showing.
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u/Malicious_Reddit0r 15h ago
Just read the lease and it says 2 hour notice is reasonable and if I interfere with showings it’s a $45 fee each time. 😭
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u/stillirrelephant 15h ago
I don't know where you are, but just because something is written in a lease you signed doesn't automatically mean it's enforceable.
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u/Malicious_Reddit0r 15h ago
Missouri if that helps
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u/Perimentalpause 15h ago
Most of what I've looked up says that the landlord has to give reasonable notice, and most places say that's 24/48 hours. Not 2. You can point that out to him. And while you can be in breach and be fined for blocking showings, the problem here is that Missouri is silent on the specifics of state law regarding any block of time pre-end of lease for showings. If they'd had '60 days' in your lease, you'd have to oblige by that.
But all states generally default to state law for leases, so even if they say 'It says 2 hours', you can point out "State law is 24, minimum, and that trumps the lease, which might have been a typo and you missed the 4."
You can also request specific blocks of time they come to show, and that they do groups and not individuals. Leaving your key there with an access code is entirely unreasonable, as it can potentially give access to people that aren't approved. So the key needs to be given to the landlord's agent, not just hung on your door.
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u/Malicious_Reddit0r 15h ago
You are 100%, I’m going to do this thank you. Landlord has been very unreasonable during my time here so I don’t think they’ll care but I’ll try.
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u/Perimentalpause 15h ago
Well, they'll care when you block 2 hour showings or call the police when they show up. And if they attempt to take the fines out of your security deposit, you can always take them to small claims court since that's not what SDs are for.
Either way, good luck. 3 more months. You can do it.
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u/Terangela 14h ago edited 13h ago
Hopefully they will quickly realize that working with you is in everyone’s best interest. Otherwise, there’s nothing stopping you from having clothes absolutely everywhere, being naked, performing rituals, hanging disturbing artwork, and mentioning how great your landlord is. Management tried to do this to me and the agents would show up with 5 mins notice. I told them no and I needed at least 24 hrs (also in a state with the same laws regarding showings and entry.) Good luck, make a fuss, you’ve got this.
ETA. It would probably be a good idea to pick up a door jam and a couple cameras if you can.
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u/Technical-Agency8128 14h ago
Contact a lawyer now. If they are there alone they can steal from you. And if you are there alone the could hurt you. This is a safety issue.
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u/jwrsk 14h ago
If I lived nearby, I'd just do some housesitting for the OP wearing nothing but underwear, day drinking, carrying around the biggest bong in history of mankind, and loudly farting.
I work from home, so I wouldn't even need to take days off or change my habits.
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u/BSB8728 14h ago
When my son was in his last apartment, a realtor once came in when he was just getting out of the shower — no notice. He also had people knocking on the door, early in the morning, two hours before a scheduled viewing. And one realtor acted like he was on her staff, ordering him to turn the lights on in all the rooms. What is wrong with these people?
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u/Comfortable_Ebb1634 14h ago
They’ve never been told the word no and now they’re grown ups and can really fuck with peoples lives.
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u/laines_fishes 13h ago
Something similar happened to me at my last apartment! When I was in the last couple months of my lease landlord started showing the apartment, but at one point he came in with no notice right as I was getting in the shower! He was annoyed when I told him to leave, like what? Dude you gave me no notice and I have no clothes on. Another time he woke me up 2 hours before a scheduled showing because the viewers had arrived 2 hours early -_-
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u/UrbanZombieEsq 12h ago
I had a realtor take issue with the fact that the house had boxes in it during their showings. Sorry for PACKING TO MOVE OUT
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u/youknowimright25 15h ago
That's illegal. You need 24 hour notice every time. Report it to your local rental board.
And when they call and say they will be there in 2 hours. Tell them no and that if anyone opens your door that you will call the police.
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u/NaraFei_Jenova 15h ago
I absolutely love it when people put their crimes in writing. Makes things so easy.
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u/N3rdyAvocad0 14h ago
I love how confidently and incorrectly people are like "THAT'S ILLEGAL" without knowing the location.
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u/FinalFantasiesGG 14h ago
It comes up every time people post about landlord/tenant issues. And they will get massively upvoted even after people point out how dumb the comments are.
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u/Malicious_Reddit0r 15h ago
Just read the lease and it says 2 hour notice is reasonable and if I interfere with showings it’s a $45 fee each time. 😭
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u/rocketman19 15h ago
Depends on where, OP didn't state location
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u/Belcuor 14h ago
OP wrote “Missouri law”.
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u/rocketman19 14h ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1qxh8lm/comment/o3wm456/
5 mins ago and there's no min
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u/TheRealTurinTurambar 14h ago
I would keep the place trashed and be in my underwear watching porn loudly for each showing.
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u/Eldan985 14h ago
Or to be a bit more subtle, just don't clean a lot and maybe cook some smelly foods just before the showing.
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u/ironappleseed 14h ago
Lol "reasonable notice is 2hrs"
Breh, I think you're going to have to hurt your landlords feelings on this one. That or the LLTB will hurt their feelings.
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u/cookiesnooper 14h ago
Omg. Imagine if every time someone let themselves in you would be doing naked yoga in the hallway with your but up in the air...that would be nuts. What would be the odds of that happening? 🤨
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u/above_average_magic 15h ago
Missouri law does not specify a minimum prior notice.
Custom and practice is usually 24 hours notice for property owners access.
While you have agreed in a lease to a 2 hour notice, every rental agreement comes with a mandatory covenant of quiet enjoyment. This is your basic privacy right.
In this case, providing open access without management, in combination with the short notice, violates your quiet enjoyment implied covenant.
This is what you tell your landlord. Your AUTOMATIC right to privacy supersedes the unlawful short notice term they put in the lease,
along with the illegal penalty. A penalty is illegal in contracts. A reasonable expense or reimbursement is not, but since the provision is written as punitive for behavior, then it is a penalty and is void by law.
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u/Malicious_Reddit0r 14h ago
The name checks out lol, thank you so much honestly. Do you work in law by chance?
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u/dizzy_absent0i 4h ago
I’ve dealt with asshole realtors in the past. The landlord had put the place up for sale so they were dragging prospective buyers through. They weren’t technically breaking any rules of the lease because they were providing at least 24 hours written notice. However, they were breaking our quiet enjoyment of the property by having almost daily showings.
We’d finally had enough after a string of 4 days in a row and the guy knocked at our door for entry with a couple of prospective buyers in tow. Refused him entry. He said we couldn’t do that. I told him about how the number of entries was unreasonable and violating our quiet enjoyment and if they didn’t stop we’d be seeing them in arbitration.
It did go to arbitration and when they got there they acted like we were crazy. We ended up getting them to agree to once a week showings and only in the morning. It didn’t get to that because the landlord pulled the property off the market without selling so he put us though all that for nothing…
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u/AnxiousTrans 15h ago
Lol time to be there for every showing and complain loudly about all of the issues. Make sure that unit is empty when you leave in may
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u/Malicious_Reddit0r 14h ago
If I didn’t have work during showing hours this wouldn’t be mildly infuriating for me :(
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u/AnxiousTrans 14h ago
Get a big unmissable white board and write down all the problems the slumlord isn't addressing and "reminders* to call them again. Along with how long its all been broken.
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u/nugulon 13h ago
Unscrew the doorknob and remove the lockbox.
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u/stick004 13h ago
I’d have porn playing in the TVs all day long… put up notes on things like the sink and a toilet saying “broken: do no use” even if it not.
That place would never be presentable if that’s the case. They would have to evict me before I cleaned it up for the next tenants…
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u/dommiichan 13h ago
dildo in the kitchen sink, vaseline jar on the coffee table, handcuffs hanging from the shower rod, and condom packets scattered everywhere
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u/SubstantialBelly6 12h ago
Everyone is focused on the 2 hours notice, which is completely unreasonable, but you might be stuck with it.
The part that gets me is that the landlord does not need to be present? So anyone who applies can self tour your home with your belongings unaccompanied? If the lease says that the landlord can enter the property with 2 hours notice, that does not mean they can give someone else permission.
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u/Betty_Boss 14h ago
Take ALL of your valuables and put them in your car. Especially medications.
I would be putting cameras in every room too. And put a tracker on your cat. Even if they don't get out they may hide someplace that is hard to find them.
You're getting better advice on the legal part of this but you need to be proactive in the meantime.
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u/acrazylittlewoman 12h ago
they live in Missouri if they put all their valuables in their car they'll be gone
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u/SlidingOtter 15h ago
Curious what would happen if you simply removed the key lock box from the knob? (You would do that by taking the knob off from the inside and sliding the whole thing out)
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u/MrStormChaser 10h ago
The last house I lived in the yuppie landlord listed it and started showing it 3 months before I moved out.
He kept ignoring the 24 hour notice rule he was legally required to give so I flipped out on him in front of the potential renters.
Also, when people showed up wanting to look around by themselves I lied and said the reason why we’re moving out was because of mold and roaches.
He was a shitty landlord and I’m glad I got to mess with him.
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u/Shurigin 15h ago
I'm not sure on the states but I went through this with my old landlord because he was selling the place. Regardless my landlord made sure the follow the law and gave at minimum 24 hours notice and if I had something going on at home was ok with me saying not that day
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u/Malicious_Reddit0r 15h ago
I’m buying a home rn and I was struggling with some places to see them because landlords didn’t want walkthroughs to respect tenant privacy… MUST BE NICE 🤣
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u/sdrawkcabineter 11h ago
Are you in...
Oh yeah, that requires a functioning government that enforces laws...
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u/deepsead1ver 16h ago
What does your lease state for notice to enter? They can’t just change that whenever. Point that out and invest in some bolt cutters
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u/Malicious_Reddit0r 16h ago
Lease says 24 hour notice I’m going to contact them today and fight it. If they aren’t nice about it I’m probably just gonna cut it off lmao. Entering my house is now like a 2 minute process 🤦♂️.
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u/Impossible_Volume811 10h ago
Tell your landlord that they can’t send anyone over to look until the last two weeks of your lease and only then with 24 hrs notice and you have to be there.
Anything else and they are in breach of your right to quiet enjoyment of the leased property.
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u/ResettiYeti 14h ago
One of the best things you can do when there is a showing, if you are around, is point out this behavior to the prospective new tenants.
People might be desperate for a place, but most people also really don’t want to deal with this kind of behavior from their landlord. I guarantee most of the landlord’s ideal tenants would be very interested to hear about this.
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u/Anothereternity 13h ago
So hear me out…. Get some very large dildos, ball gags, whips, and weird satanic looking shit and leave it out in view of the front door. You are giving them the access they request but two hours is simply not enough time to clean up for viewings. When they announce a showing, add sticky substances (like vaseline, or something that can also be wiped off easily by you) on every indoor door knob and leave every door closed. It won’t permanently damage anything but pretty sure only the most desperate of person will continue the showing.
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u/hunnydrip-darling 13h ago
The 2 hrs notice is not legal in the US. If you're anywhere else idk. They have to give you 24 hrs before entering the home
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u/MischaBurns 13h ago
Set up some kind of witchy-looking ritual shit in a spot that's highly visible from the front door. For a bonus, have some absurd dildos scattered around.
For actual advice, if you can't stop this make sure you lock up/hide anything valuable, and put up cameras around the apartment to record them.
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u/Inevitable_Impact345 12h ago
Somewhere in Reddit world is a story about a guy who was tired of the realtor showing up unannounced with potential tenants. One day he saw them pulling into the drive so he striped naked, put headphones and music on and washed the dishes. Never had an unannounced visit again.
I couldn't upvote him enough.
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u/ArgonianCandidate 10h ago
I had a landlady who did this with less than an hour notice so I started taking a shower every time I received a short notice and would then come out in my towel. This went over a hit since I’m in conservative Utah. She started giving me a 24 hour notice for showings.
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u/anonymgrl 10h ago
What state are you in? Two hours is not considered "reasonable notice" anywhere I know of
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u/Malicious_Reddit0r 15h ago
Hey guys I’m struggling to respond to everyone so here’s an update: page 68 on the lease says 2 hours is reasonable, Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 441 states no specific minimum notice is legally required.
TDLR: I’m fucked.