I'm renting a house in CA. We moved in a few months ago and are on a 1 year lease. Everything has been going great, we pay rent on time, our landlord is very responsive when we have problems that need to be fixed. A few weeks ago he surprised us by saying he is putting the place up for sale and she would need access to our place on occasion when showing the house.

Over the last few weeks he has needed access to it several times. Of course we are compelled to make it look as neat and tidy as possible. We have done so and he has been very thankful. He lets us know the day before he needs access. Today we just got an email from him saying that he needs to come back in tomorrow.

I have 2 questions: How should this access issue work? Are we supposed to give him access anytime he needs it? What are our rights? What are his rights? What is etiquiette?

2nd Question: If he sells the place and we still have 4 months on the lease, and the new landlord doesn't want us here, can they evict us? Will they be liable for the amount of the 4 months rent?

Thanks,

Hello shan:

The legal and polite standard is reasonableness. She has to give notice, but if you have a naked romp with your husband scheduled for the same time, you can refuse. I would never allow her or realtors or prospective buyers in while you weren't there.

The new owner is bound by your lease.

excon

Depending on your state, the time to give notice variies, but most states allow for a 24 hour notice to view the home. A few states have up to 3 days notice.

You will find that the real estate agents will want you to not be in the home when they show the property, they normally want the owners or tennatns out of the home for viewings.

But you will find even if a buyer pops up tomorrow it will take 60 days or so for a closing to happen, and there will be home inspectons, terminte inspections, possible lead paint inspections and more as it goes into closing, and perhaps a open house, normally a person who wants to buy will come back prior to making an offer and then there will be a walk though the day before closing normally to check

Depending on how many people look at the property expect it to be a revolving door if they realitors get a lot of people to look

But honestly, real estate is slow, it is possible the home stays on the market for a year or longer.

The new owner will be forced to honor your lease.