Question : tenants right to privacy?
I have lived in Las Vegas for sixteen months now and I would like to gain some knowledge about some practices out here. Since we have moved here it has been very hard adjusting to life here. Things here seem to be far fetched from the rest of the world. I am writing this to gain some knowledge about some notices that I have received here at my apartment complex in the last 12 days, since accepting the unit 8/1/09. My family and I have just moved into this complex that is saving us about $ 700 plus a month just on the rent side. We moved out of a complex that was charging us $ 1550 for a three-bedroom apartment in North Las Vegas in a new developed area. Within out first three days here at the new complex, we received a 24-hour notice to enter premises notice. The explanation was that the maintenance department lost track of the locations of their hand-cap units and they needed to rebuild the databases. My wife had to call to get our mailbox number so when she inquired about that, she also asked if they need any info about the apartment that would help save time in there recover of their database. The manager asked her about some of the configurations about the layout of the unit and said that this help her cause now its one less unit she needs to look at. Thought nothing about it until yesterday, when we returned home from dinner and a quick family visit we discover a notice shoved in the door. Another 24-hour notice to enter the unit. This notice stats that they may be entering the unit to inspect and to make sure the unit is tidy and there is nothing blocking any doors and windows. It stats it is a fire hazard and is for our safety. Now before any of you wanting to comment back to this correspondence with “if you have nothing to hide, then what’s the problem?” STOP!!!! I am writing this to get an some educated response regarding what other renters have experienced here in Las Vegas. In our last complex we never once got a 24-hour notice to enter the unit for any reasons, and two notices, in 12 day raises flags to us. I have read my all the leases that we have ever signed and not one has ever stated that management inspects units on a regular basis. As I stated before, we have only lived here for 16 months and in other states we have lived in we have also never received inspection notices. We are very private family and don’t like strangers entering are living space to just look around. It has bothering me on many levels. I almost feel like if we where still paying double the rent that our privacy would not be getting violated. I do understand that this is only the second notice and I need to give it some time before jumping to conclusions, but please put your self in my shoes. You receive the keys to a unit that they put new carpet it, fresh paint, blinds, and inspect before they rented it to us. (The leasing agent admitted that she inspected the unit the day before we signed the lease to make sure everything was in working order) Now they want to come in and inspect to see if it is a handicap unit and then a week later another notice to inspect. Thank you for taking the time to read this and I appreciate any helpful response about you’re experiences.
I might have caused some confusion. The complex I am living in now is about 10 years old. The complex we moved out of that we where paying $ 1550 a month, was brand new and we where first tenants to rent the unit and never had any inspections. ( Real wood cabinets, tile flooring, expanse countertops, and built in desks.) The new lease does mention that they can enter to inspect, but also stats that the landlord can not abuse that right. Both old lease ($ 1550) and new leases stat the exact same NRS code which I have stated above briefly.
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Answer by Paula
Since these are new units, the inspections are not unusual (typical “left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing”).