As a landlord, you know how important it is to make regular visits to your rental property. Even if you've screened your tenants thoroughly, regular visits help to ensure the unit is being properly maintained. Don't forget about the major damage that could be caused to your home from a marijuana grow operation.
For landlords that are not living on the property, it's important to arrange with your tenants for visitations. A landlord can always drive by the home to assess the situation, but to go inside, what are the rules around that?
It's not something that is always easy to manage.
Laws are on the books that designate when you can visit your rental property. This is a quote from the law in BC: "A tenant is entitled to exclusive possession of a rental unit, including reasonable privacy, and quiet and peaceful enjoyment."
If you drop in without giving the proper notice, you are in violation of the law, and could face nasty consequences. It is a good idea to note in the rental agreement that you will be making regular inspections. The maximum amount you can inspect your property in BC is once a month.
In BC, landlords can enter a tenant's rental unit if:
There is an emergency and entry is needed to protect life or property. If further harm to the property is imminent and it's an urgent situation that can't wait, this is a case where you can enter.
The written notice that a landlord must provide a tenant must not be fore more than 30 days before the inspection, and not for less than 24 hours before.
Permission is given by the tenant. If it's not an emergency, you should provide written notice to the tenant and to record the circumstances that required you to enter the unit. If a landlord just drops by, tenants may later say that they give permission only because they felt intimidated by the landlord.
If the landlord has agreed to provide housekeeping or other services in the tenancy agreement and entry is required to perform the service.
The rental appears to be vacated by the tenant. Examples of this are when the rental appears to be abandoned, or if the rent has not been paid by the tenant.
An order has been provided by an arbitrator allowing entry to the unit.
Landlords may believe that their visits may be for a "reasonable purpose", and this may be true, but if the visits are too frequent, it is no longer reasonable. Landlords in BC can not inspect a rental property more often than once every month.
If the landlord works around the schedule of the tenant to arrange for visitation times, the process goes much more smoothly.
Landlords who would like to have property visitations go smoothly should:
Give tenants the proper notice before visiting the property.
Make sure you have a valid reason for visiting, such as, repairs or regular inspections.
Every inspection should be logged, including the time and reason.
Talk to your tenants about how often you will be inspecting the property prior to them taking possession of the property. Be sure that they understand from day one that periodically, you will be inspecting the rental unit.
Your tenants will understand better when you submit your written request for an inspection at a later date. When you have done proper inspections on your home, you will be able to avoid some serious problems in the future, including illegal activities.
For landlords that are not living on the property, it's important to arrange with your tenants for visitations. A landlord can always drive by the home to assess the situation, but to go inside, what are the rules around that?
It's not something that is always easy to manage.
Laws are on the books that designate when you can visit your rental property. This is a quote from the law in BC: "A tenant is entitled to exclusive possession of a rental unit, including reasonable privacy, and quiet and peaceful enjoyment."
If you drop in without giving the proper notice, you are in violation of the law, and could face nasty consequences. It is a good idea to note in the rental agreement that you will be making regular inspections. The maximum amount you can inspect your property in BC is once a month.
In BC, landlords can enter a tenant's rental unit if:
There is an emergency and entry is needed to protect life or property. If further harm to the property is imminent and it's an urgent situation that can't wait, this is a case where you can enter.
The written notice that a landlord must provide a tenant must not be fore more than 30 days before the inspection, and not for less than 24 hours before.
Permission is given by the tenant. If it's not an emergency, you should provide written notice to the tenant and to record the circumstances that required you to enter the unit. If a landlord just drops by, tenants may later say that they give permission only because they felt intimidated by the landlord.
If the landlord has agreed to provide housekeeping or other services in the tenancy agreement and entry is required to perform the service.
The rental appears to be vacated by the tenant. Examples of this are when the rental appears to be abandoned, or if the rent has not been paid by the tenant.
An order has been provided by an arbitrator allowing entry to the unit.
Landlords may believe that their visits may be for a "reasonable purpose", and this may be true, but if the visits are too frequent, it is no longer reasonable. Landlords in BC can not inspect a rental property more often than once every month.
If the landlord works around the schedule of the tenant to arrange for visitation times, the process goes much more smoothly.
Landlords who would like to have property visitations go smoothly should:
Give tenants the proper notice before visiting the property.
Make sure you have a valid reason for visiting, such as, repairs or regular inspections.
Every inspection should be logged, including the time and reason.
Talk to your tenants about how often you will be inspecting the property prior to them taking possession of the property. Be sure that they understand from day one that periodically, you will be inspecting the rental unit.
Your tenants will understand better when you submit your written request for an inspection at a later date. When you have done proper inspections on your home, you will be able to avoid some serious problems in the future, including illegal activities.
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