NYC 2 family home on sales rights of tenant when showing to prospective buyers
I have been living in my apartment for more than 8 years, house was sold once and we were able to stay on. The new owners can no longer afford to keep the house so it's up for sale.
I work from my home as does my partner. I enjoy my time in the apartment and really do not go out on the weekends because I enjoy being home. My question what are my rights as far as how many times they want to show the place, how many open houses can they have and for how long and do I need to keep my door open so that they can just walk in while I am in the apartment? I would much rather let them in and I do not want to have them show the place without my presence. I also get a lot of last minute calls around dinner time, is it within my right to refuse this time?
To add we do not have a lease however I do not think the landlord who lives here cannot afford to have us move out suddenly... they simply cannot meet their payments and I believe we are helping them to eat with our rent.
Comment on AK lawyer's post
Thank you so much for your reply this helps so much. I was going to ask next question which is if open house is from 1-4 and they continue to show after 4 then my assumption based on your answer is that I can refuse.
Comment on AK lawyer's post
Thank you so much. I had a gut feeling that this was not something I needed to do. It just seems so invasive and I know there are plenty of people who just like going out to look at homes with no plans on buying at all.
You have a good day.
Comment on ScottGem's post
Thanks Scott. I definitely would like to close off personal space. All this said and done it's 15 minutes to the end of open house and no one has come by... good for me not so good for the landlord. I actually like the landlord and wish they were not leaving. I do wish them luck.
Comment on Fr_Chuck's post
Not in a position to buy at this time and if I did buy I would most likely not buy in this neighborhood.
Lots of houses for sales in the area some new some old, this house is priced to high... but thanks.
Comment on joypulv's post
Thanks for your comments... I always stay home when they show the place. I do not trust that someone I do not know IE: Realtor to have access to my apartment while I am not here. The landlord almost always vacates the premises when the house is shown so they are usually not around for the viewings. I agree with you that non potential buyers do attend open houses just to browse with no real intentions of buying.