Q: Lease is almost up & PM wants to show to renters. W/COVID 19, we worry. What our rights regarding our poss exposure?
We have rented a single family home for almost 4 years. Our lease is up in May and we are planning on moving, but our property manager wants to showing the home to potential renters. WE realize they have a right to show the home under normal circumstances, but these are not normal times, and we are concerned about being potentially exposed to the coronavirus through strangers coming through the home. We are also both nurses, and could be carriers ourselves. We are trying to follow fed guidelines and reduce our exposure to others outside of work. Do we have any right to refusal to the PM, given the current dangerous public health risks?
A: As you stated, the PM has a right to show the premises to potential renters. You do not have a right of refusal unless the terms of your lease gives you such rights. As a possible and reasonable safeguard from the virus, you may want to ask the PM to have everyone who enters the premises with the PM to use hand sanitizers before they enter and to not touch any surfaces in the premises.
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