Q: Can a property manager just enter a house that they have rented out to several tenants?
I live in a house with 4 other roommates and we all have our own room and leases. Recently, the property manager sold the property and has now been just coming into the house to clean it up, rearrange things how she wants it to be, etc. She also brings people to paint the inside of the house, fix stuff, and clean without letting us know. Is she allowed to just enter the house without any notice as if she lives here and bring in workers to do stuff, again without any type of notice or heads up? She doesn't enter our rooms, just everywhere else in the house and organizes stuff how she wants it to be.
A: Generally, in non-emergency situations, neither the landlord or landlord's agent is permitted to enter a tenant's apartment without notice. In your description of the problem, you mention having four roommates each with your own separate lease and assigned room. Depending upon the type of property you are residing in, it is not legal for a landlord to rent individual rooms in an apartment to separate tenants.
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