Re:Apartment hunting hacks. Got any others?
by khuey on Friday December 21, 2012 @09:46PM
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#2 is very important in SF too.
A landlord will never give you a truthful answer to #3 if that would cast the apartment in a negative light. You should try to talk to the prior tenant directly if at all possible.
In California an "entrance at will" clause in a residential lease is unenforceable. The reasons and notice requirements that a landlord may enter a tenant's apartment are set out in law. If you see in it your lease it does suggest that your landlord doesn't know the law very well though.
A landlord will never give you a truthful answer to #3 if that would cast the apartment in a negative light. You should try to talk to the prior tenant directly if at all possible.
In California an "entrance at will" clause in a residential lease is unenforceable. The reasons and notice requirements that a landlord may enter a tenant's apartment are set out in law. If you see in it your lease it does suggest that your landlord doesn't know the law very well though.