Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California
The house that I am living in has foreclosed. Since I have a lease with the previous owner, the bank honored the lease and I was able to stay there. The bank has assigned a Real property management company to maintain the house. I am aware that the house is in the market. However, as a tenat I DO NOT want to be disturbed by any buyer or the broker himself. What can I do to avoid this? Is there a document that I can file so they will not continue disturbing me and by strangers knocking on the door to see the house.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Your lease may very well have in it a clause as to the right of the landlord to show the premise in a reasonable fashion. By law, the owner is allowed to set up reasonable showings of the house. Otherwise, the landlord would be stuck with a house that he could not show to future owners until it was vacant, at which time technically the insurance would lapse. That would mean it probably would take 2 months or so longer for the landlord to be able to sell the property then if he can arrange acceptable showings. As a tenant you have various rights, but since you made the choice to rent and not own your rights are not absolute. You need to work with the realtor to set up reasonable rules for the showing of the lhouse
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