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    Default Can a New Management Company Demand Access to Your Rented Home

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: California
    I rent a home in the Berkeley hills. The owners just contracted with a management company to handle the property. I received a notice from them that they will require coming to examine my home and will do so again in 90 days and then on a yearly basis. There is nothing in my original contract that states this. Can the new company force this on me? I don't want to get off on a bad foot with them but this seems very invasive. Please advise.

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    Default Re: Can New Management Company Demand Access to Home

    Quote Quoting MaddoxTC
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    There is nothing in my original contract that states this.
    And there's nothing in the contract that prevents it.

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    Can the new company force this on me?
    Yes.

    It's permitted under CA Civil Code Section 1954:

    http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa...ectionNum=1954.

    There is nothing abusive or unreasonable about the proposed inspection schedule and you can get yourself evicted by denying access after being given reasonable notice.

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    Default Re: Can New Management Company Demand Access to Home

    Thank you for this perspective. Please clarify though...I do not see a reason for entry to simply examine the home over and over as a legal reason in the link you supplied. Can you explain how this is legal?

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    Quote Quoting MaddoxTC
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    Thank you for this perspective. Please clarify though...I do not see a reason for entry to simply examine the home over and over as a legal reason in the link you supplied. Can you explain how this is legal?

    Read #2. This gives the landlord the right to inspect the property with proper notice.

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    Default Re: Can New Management Company Demand Access to Home

    Well, my opinion (as a former landlord and for the 2 cents that it's worth) is that "supply necessary or agreed services" might be broadly interpreted as allowing periodic routine inspections with proper notice, though I have found nothing in a quick search of CA case law to support that opinion.

    However, even if you can deny entry now or in 90 days you would not be able to deny entry at the annual lease renewal as I did find the following in CA case law:

    "when a landlord renews a lease or re-leases the premises to the same tenant, the very making of a new lease shows that at that time the landlord has a right of entry to the premises"
    Uccello v. Laudenslayer, 44 Cal. App. 3d 504 - Cal: Court of Appeal, 5th Appellate Dist. 1975 citing Dennis V. City of Orange, 110 Cal. App 16.

    Quote Quoting Lill1
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    Read #2. This gives the landlord the right to inspect the property with proper notice.
    If you are referring to:

    an inspection pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 1950.5.
    1950.5 is the security deposit statute and refers to a move out inspection made pursuant to the security deposit statute.

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