I rent a home with my girlfriend in Ithaca, NY and recently my landlord has put our home on the market for sale. We are private people and have an indoor cat and I’m worried to have strangers have full access to my home without me being present. I have made an arrangement with my landlord that I will be present during each viewing to watch after the cat. I have been using my lunch break to be able to meet the real estate agents for these showings, but now they are attempting to schedule multiple showings per day. Considering I only have an hour for lunch making multiple showings per day is impossible. This is beginning to disrupt our personal and professional lives.
How many showings per week are reasonable and when does it become an invasion of privacy or a tenant violation? It seems unreasonable for my landlord to have multiple showings per day, potentially five days per week. I have been very accommodating, but now I feel I’m being pressured because I’m only a renter and not the owner. This is very disruptive to our life and considering I’m paying rent there must be some limit to how many showings are reasonable or a way to terminate our lease early.
Is this something you can help me with? If you’re not the correct person to help me with this issue can you please direct me to who can?