Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Illinois

our 1 year lease is about to be up the landlord has asked we allow a real estate agent into the home to take pictures which will include our furniture i dont mind anyone making an assessment but not with my furniture to see what the value of their property is


Asked on 1/23/12, 6:22 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Stephen Messutta

On its face your resistance appears unreasonable. Why do you care whether the furniture appears?

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Answered on 1/24/12, 7:39 am
Thomas Moens Moens Law Offices, Chartered

Your lease may have a provision regarding showing the property during the last weeks or months of the lease. Absent that, you have what is called a "right to quiet enjoyment," which I believe would be violated by allowing a real estate agent to march through and photograph the property.

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Answered on 1/24/12, 1:08 pm


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