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srt@zaphod.csci.unt.edu (Steve Tate) wrote:
>
> In article <3j3kn3$bjb@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> flamer wrote:
> 
> > I started renting a 1 bedroom apt in Austin last Sep.
> > Was initially surpised to find that the worker from the Management
> > Office is allowed(and indeed actually uses this right) to freely open
> > my apt. door, go in, do any of the following listed below, _as long as_
> > he leaves a note immediately before leaving. Even when nobody is in. 
> > Me, the rightful tenant will not even be consulted or informed
> > BEFOREHAND!!!!!!  Furthermore, the management is not _responsible_ for
> > theft, as written in an addendum.
> 
> Contrary to what some people are saying, this is not just in Austin.
> My lease in Denton was exactly the same way --- we thought we had
> a reasonable apartment manager who said they would notify us first
> before showing the apartment (this was a few months before we moved
> out).  What the apartment manager really did was let us know whenever
> she managed to remember (not always), and when she *DID* arrange
> appointments, didn't let us know when they were cancelled (this happened
> a couple of times).  If the problem is them showing your apartment,
> you might want to tell them that you're "redecorating" and hanging
> a big sign in the living room saying "DON'T RENT FROM xxx".  :-)
> That was our next step, but we managed to get things worked out
> before it got quite that far.  This lease seems to be standard 
> practice in the area, so the statements of "read the lease" are 
> short-sighted and useless.
> 
> To the people that say "if you don't like it, move", I have this to
> say:  This is where my job is, so this is where I will stay.  However,
> don't expect me to like the extreme lack of individual/consumer/tenant
> rights in this state, and I will support any law that gets rid of
> the unfair situation described above.  Nobody can *honestly* think
> this is a reasonable situation, can they?  When you rent an apartment,
> it is your home, and NOONE should be able to come in without your
> permission, except in case of an emergency.
> 
> The one other thing I have to say on this thread is that in another
> comment I saw what is perhaps the most ignorant, stupid thing I have
> seen on the net in a while:
> 
> Ed Bullard said:
> 
> > Makes me wonder what you are hiding that you need such privacy? Running 
> > a drug lab, or stock-piling weapons perhaps?
> 
> So if you support privacy you must be hiding something?  Hey, I know,
> let's just get rid of the need for police to get search warrants.  I
> mean, after all, if you're innocent and have nothing to hide, you won't
> mind if the police can just come in whenever they want.  Why don't
> we just have regular sweeps that check up on people to make sure they
> don't have anything illegal --- after all, the innocent people shouldn't
> object, because they have nothing to hide....
> 
> Simply put, my home is my castle.  There is nothing illegal, and nothing
> even embarrassing in my home.  And nobody, but NOBODY, should have to
> right to come into my home without my approval or without a valid
> search warrant.
> 
> --
> Steve Tate  ---  srt@cs.unt.edu | "As often as a study is cultivated by narrow
> Dept. of Computer Sciences      |  minds, they will draw from it narrow
> University of North Texas       |  conclusions."  -- John Stuart Mill, 1865.
> Denton, TX  76201               | 
> 
There is one way to assure that apt. personnel do not enter your
apt. is to not answer the door if they knock, and if they then enter
shoot them.  Wounding would probably be suffent.  Explain to the 
police that you believe it was a break-in, and you were protecting
your property.  The Grand Jury will no bill you and the apt. personnel
will always notify you if they do infact ever deside to enter your
apt. again.  This is a little extreme, but guaranteed to work.

I don't recommend that method, and it may be better to tell the apt.
mamager that you are very paranoid, and never answer the door and 
that you have aways wanted to shoot an intuder.  This may get the 
apt. personnel to notify you in advance.

Dave
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