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    Default Landlord Came by on Numerous Occasions with Little to No Notice

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: WA

    We rented a house from a landlord who came over numerous times with only a 10 minute warning and once simply just stopped by on a Friday night at 8:30 because she had been in town for 2 weeks and was leaving the next day but just now had time to come over and look over the house. Um...we never said there were any issues so why are you coming over this late at night without calling?? Actually, she had called about 20 minutes prior but we were in the middle of looking something for my husband who had to get to work that we ignored the call. I had forgotten about it and didn't even check to see who called yet she still knocked on our front door just wanting to see the house. I reluctantly took her from room to room and my husband was boiling over about it.

    Then within 2 weeks of us moving out she called me just a few days before I started a new job out of the house (had been working from home) and wondered if she could come in to measure the counters like within the hour because she was planning on getting new counters put in as soon as we moved out. I was painting at our new house at the time and said I wasn’t there and had no plans of going back there soon so no she couldn’t. She said she was going to call the contractor and see if she really did need to measure or if it was okay. She proceeds to call me the next morning at like 9AM. Once again I was already at the other house painting and she said that she HAD to get in to measure and she knew I started work the next day and wouldn’t be there to let her in and my husband didn’t get home until afternoon and she couldn’t do it then because she’d be at work and was practically saying well you HAVE to let me in or else I won’t be able to get it done. I had left keys inside the front door for my husband in case he wanted to stop at home before coming to the new house so I just finally said to her that there were keys inside the front door and she could let herself in to measure just to get her off my back because I was NOT going home to let her in for something that was going to take 5 minutes. Two things wrong there-wanting to be let in immediately without notice (she could have told me the day before when she called that she may need to get in the next day but she didn’t and once again called wanting immediate access) and letting herself in without anybody there. Yes I told her she could let herself in, but it wasn’t an emergency and I almost felt like I was being harassed about letting her in. She can’t expect us to drop everything all the time because just HAS to do something. At one point a few months earlier she asked if we had plans to be gone for a few days anytime soon because she wanted to come in and sand the floors! No WE are living here, not YOU and no you cannot come in while we are gone!

    Can we bring up any complaints on her for doing what she did? Yes I know I let her in and should have sent her away but didn't. She has since withheld all our security deposit and wants more from us. We would like to try and battle that with the fact that she never gave us notice when she wanted in and felt harassed because of it.

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    Default Re: Landlord Came by on Numerous Occasions with Little to No Notice

    When the landlord says, "I want to enter the premises" and you say "Yes", you are excusing any late or short notice. As you concede, when you said "No" your landlord deferred to your wishes.

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