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    flatasha45 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Aug 25, 2008, 09:05 AM
    Tenant refusal
    How to deal with a tenant that refuses to allow management to inspect property?
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    Aug 25, 2008, 09:11 AM
    Hello flat:

    Evict them.

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    Aug 25, 2008, 11:02 AM
    Personally, I'd give them notice that I'm coming and then go in anyway. That's what my lease gives me the right to do.

    I'd take my maintenance man with me. I wouldn't go alone.

    If push came to shove and they physically wouldn't let me enter the unit I would hand them an eviction notice and then proceed with a legal eviction as quick as the law allows.

    Do you have a sense of what they're trying to hide? Are you trying to perform some sort of routine maintenance, or why are you going in? (Not saying you shouldn't go in - just curious if there's a way in the "back door" - no pun intended).
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    Aug 25, 2008, 12:39 PM
    First question is what does your lease say about entry. Most leases do have a provision for entry for inspection or other purposes.

    Assuming your lease does permit entry, then send tenant a notice of when you will be entering. If they are home and refuse entry, then you serve them with a lease termination notice for violating of the lease terms. If they are not home and they have changed the locks you get a locksmith to get you in and change the locks back. You then leave a note stating that new keys will be at the management office.
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