my landlord has decided to sell the place less than a month of moving in?

Question

my husband and i are both busy with our lives and try to spend much time together when we have time on the weekends out of our house. the realtor has complained to the landlord about our house being clutter and that is only one room out of the 4. that room has boxes exploding with contents but there is plenty of room to walk thru that room and up to the upstairs 3rd floor. before a showing i will pick up, but things are not spotless. the realtor has accused me of being dirty which I am not , my dishes are washed, floors are vaccuumed and my place is way better than what was showed when I first saw the place of the previous tenants when we had to literally step on their stuff to get thru. I do have things piled on top of my dresser but that is clothes and I don' t think that matters. can a realtor really dictate how my place should look especially since this is an inconvience to me. I always have to be there since I have dogs at home and he doesn't always give 24 hrs notice

Answer 1

Well, he does have the right to sell.

Your contract may say something about access.

I would write him and insist on 24 hours notice. That's only for his benefit as well so you can clean up a bit.

As far as the condition of the unit from the realtors perspective, maybe she doesn't have much experience with selling investment or rental properties. Landlords do not have the luxury when selling their units to dictate how a place must be cleaned or staged for showing. They cannot dictate ones lifestyle.

The best thing you can do is approach them from a win win perspective. Along the lines of "I understand you wish the property to be in the best condition when showing however in the absence of 24 hours notice, you take a chance of showing a less than appealing unit to a prospective buyer. Please understand that I moved in here without the knowledge of the impending inconvenience this would cause me. I likely would have found another place if having to have it in show condition was a requirement. However, I do understand it is your property and you have the right to sell if you wish, I would merely like to ask that you and the realtor would respect my privacy with 24 hours notice."

Good Luck

Answer 2

The Realtor's job is to show the house in the best possible light to show possible buyers how their furniture will fit into this house they could buy. They have to get an idea since they cannot really move their furniture, blinds, drapes and other items into the house they are looking at.

He also want the place to be neat and clean as well as uncluttered. Cluttered and dirty homes don't sell. If you have a cluttered room and the clients see if the Realtor has a hard time selling the house.

The dogs don't help at all. This would be called a realtor's nightmare, a tenant that is not really cooperative and with a cluttered house and dogs.

I hope this has been of some use to you, good luck.

"FIGHT ON"

Answer 3

It depends what country you're in. Check your lease and carefully read the section about fair access. In the past I have never allowed prospective buyers or leasees through unless it was entirely convenient to me. If you're in Australia, you're entitled to refuse access and agents can't show people through on Sundays or public holidays unless you give express permission. Tell your agent that you will set aside one day a week where they can bring people through and no more than that, if your lease allows.

Good luck!