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Comments (22)I'm not an attorney, but my husband is, and I used to work as a paralegal years ago... Since clchang lives in California, I'll paste in Section 1954 of the California Civil Code: (a) A landlord may enter the dwelling unit only in the following cases: (1) In case of emergency. (2) To make necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations or improvements, supply necessary or agreed services, or exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workers, or contractors or to make an inspection pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 1950.5. (3) When the tenant has abandoned or surrendered the premises. (4) Pursuant to court order. (b) Except in cases of emergency or when the tenant has abandoned or surrendered the premises, entry may not be made during other than normal business hours unless the tenant consents to an entry during other than normal business hours at the time of entry. (c) The landlord may not abuse the right of access or use it to harass the tenant. (d) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (e), or as provided in paragraph (2) or (3), the landlord shall give the tenant reasonable notice in writing of his or her intent to enter and enter only during normal business hours. The notice shall include the date, approximate time, and purpose of the entry. The notice may be personally delivered to the tenant, left with someone of a suitable age and discretion at the premises, or, left on, near, or under the usual entry door of the premises in a manner in which a reasonable person would discover the notice. Twenty-four hours shall be presumed to be reasonable notice in absence of evidence to the contrary. The notice may be mailed to the tenant. Mailing of the notice at least six days prior to an intended entry is presumed reasonable notice in the absence of evidence to the contrary. (2) If the purpose of the entry is to exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, the notice may be given orally, in person or by telephone, if the landlord or his or her agent has notified the tenant in writing within 120 days of the oral notice that the property is for sale and that the landlord or agent may contact the tenant orally for the purpose described above. Twenty-four hours is presumed reasonable notice in the absence of evidence to the contrary. The notice shall include the date, approximate time, and purpose of the entry. At the time of entry, the landlord or agent shall leave written evidence of the entry inside the unit. (3) The tenant and the landlord may agree orally to an entry to make agreed repairs or supply agreed services. The agreement shall include the date and approximate time of the entry, which shall be within one week of the agreement. In this case, the landlord is not required to provide the tenant a written notice. (e) No notice of entry is required under this section: (1) To respond to an emergency. (2) If the tenant is present and consents to the entry at the time of entry. (3) After the tenant has abandoned or surrendered the unit. The above language refers to Civil Code Section 1950.5(f), which is regarding the landlord's right to enter the premises for purposes of inspection after the tenant has given notice that they will be vacating. The last thing you want to do as a tenant -- that is, if you like where you live and you don't want to have to find another place and move -- is to tick off your landlord. So, don't be making threats. You could let your landlord know that you're concerned that perhaps a former tenant still has a key, so you have installed a hidden security camera to capture anyone entering the apartment. If the landlord just thinks you have one, that may be enough to keep him/her out. If the landlord says, "oh, that's not possible because we change the locks between tenants," you could respond with, "well, I know it's not you coming into my place, because I know you wouldn't violate California Civil Code Section 1954, so I'm really concerned about this. And I've already gotten the camera hooked up." The string/paper,whatever in the doorjam works really well, too (been there, done that). You could also print out the language of California Civil Code Section 1954, and tape it to the inside of your front door. The landlord would have to see it on the way out if he/she is, indeed, entering when you're not there. That will certainly let the person know that you are aware of your rights......See MoreHow to connect with your kids.....teens
Comments (10)I love doing them and always had one going on the table. Then we got cats.... need I say more? They always want to see what you are doing and even though they aren't allowed on the table they jump up to see what you are doing and scatter them. I thought of getting a puzzle keeper this christmas so I could put the puzzle away when not actually working on it, but all the reviews said they weren't much good. Except for the 100.00 ones. I don't want to spend that much to keep a puzzle going. I have a closet full of them and we all enjoyed them when the kids were younger and lived here. Even Dad would join in in the evenings and we would spend WAY too many hours doing them. Look up and see it is midnight alot of nights....See MoreCan I add shutters?
Comments (6)I wouldn't do the shutters but spend your money on other things. Keep the current pale yellow paint, which harmonizes well with your roof. Paint your front door blue unless the door is a nice new wood door. Paint the trim around your windows blue along with a window box on the left side to draw the eye in that direction. Extend your garden beds out and add foundation plants on the left if you don't do the window box. Beef up your porch pillars. Add a lovely new blue bench on your porch....See MoreCan I save the view, show the pretty trim, and get privacy at night?
Comments (17)After two years of looking for the right shades for our home I had an A-HA moment this past week - get the windows tinted. We will be getting our windows tinted with a 3M product that gets us where we want to be in terms of UV protection, day & night privacy and allow us to retain our sound & mountain view. Added bonus is tinting will help keep the warmth in winter and coolness in summer. We have three fairly large South and West facing windows that we have scheduled to tint soon and then I'll finally order some natural woven top down/bottom up roman shades! Tinting takes care of another problem I was having when it came to finding the right shades for my home - the need to have a liner. I won't need one now as the woven shades will hang nicely without one and tinting offers the UV & privacy. On another liner note, it would be great if window treatment companies offered liners in something other than plain white for the street view / exterior view color. I found only one place that offered something different - they had the option of an oatmeal, natural, tan or ivory color - any of those would have been best for me as I have a white house w/ white trim and having white showing window shades would have been too much of a good thing. Also, pure white tends to show any wrinkle, water or dirt spots more than other shade color. Just take a look at the backside of your window treatments - up close inside and from your yard....See Moremainenell
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