I rent a home with 13 acres of property and our landlord likes to come up to the property unannounced or call?
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I rent a home on 13 acres of property. I share and have to pay half the cost of snow removal 125.00 every 4 inches per the lease our driveway is 1/3 of a mile long into the woods. The landlords home is on the shared drive and has they own 14 plus acres. They have come up to our home with other people and dogs unannounced. They were showing their guest their new acquired property. A few weeks later my dog was barking for about 10 to 15 mins until I walked down my drive where I found the women lurking around and standing behind the wooded circular drive. This was at dusk. I approached her and ask that in the future would she please give me notice. Her response was "Why would I do that?". I explained to her that we rented this home far out in the wood for peace and privacy and that my two teenage daughters and I were uncomfortable with people just walking about the property. I do have concerns for my daughters 17 and 15. I explained that their dog has attacked mine (she witnessed one time with her and my child there again walking up our drive) and that the dog show aggression toward me when he was up on my porch taking my dogs bones and going into my house. Several days later the husband walked up to my home on a Tuesday 4:00 in the afternoon with my children in the house and stood less then 25 feet from the front of my house with his dog unleashed. I have failed to mention that the front of our home is ALL glass sliders and many very large windows with no shades available on bedrooms or any other room. I would have to custom for they are 65, 75, and 109 inches wide. Well that was it for me. I had a meeting with them explained to them what my concerns again where and told them that they need to call me when they were coming up. They did not like this. They said they rented the house not the land and that they wanted to enjoy their property and walk, cross country ski and enjoy there land when they want to. They also told that if I lived in the city I would not be able to tell people passing my house that they couldn't. Really? I again told them that they never mentioned this to us when we were being shown the property or it being in the lease and I never would have been ok with it had I known. We really are that far in the woods I would never moved here. My peace of mind is so off. And I just don't understand what part of two young women this man doesn't get. Well it seemed to stop and we have not been bothered from what I have seen. However I know they are still around. Now it is 3 months before we have to sign a new lease with them and they have given us the new one and it has changed so much. She made a map of the property and shaded in green what would be the land that we rent. Well that would be about 25feet around the house. No driveway not much land. I still have to pay the plow. They also claimed a shed on our drive way under my bedroom window that was theirs and not to be used and then stated that they could use the property with out any conditions. I also noticed that they left a foot pathway so that they could come around our house. Unannounced. This footpath way is just so creepy I can not explain it. Now you are going to tell me to move. Well the town that we live does not have any rentals. I have a family of 5 and considering the economy the way it is anyone displaced due to foreclosure or whatever are jumping on anything that comes available and there are major bidding war to raise the rent. Competition is just so high. I moved here being told that they would be renting this home forever. They did not want to sell and have a builder come and buy the land. I felt that it was just right. They are pulling a bait and switch on me. They even gave me after I moved in a manual. OMG! They have a hunter come on the property October through December. Again unannounced and I have no idea where he is on my property while he is there. I came home tonight to get a message that they were going to plant junipers at the Field House (that's what they call it) well I didn't get the message until Sunday morning and my 15 year old daughter told me tonight that when she was by herself on Saturday she heard voices under her bedroom window and saw both landlords and dog planting right under her window. Help!!! Anything you can tell me will help me figure out even a little of my rights. They think there landbarrons and kinda feeling very creepy. I live in Massachusetts.
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Answer:
He only needs to give notice to enter the house. Not to go on the land. That he can do any time he likes. They have done nothing illegal at all. If you do not like it. leave. Period, end of story. You have no rights whatsoever to tell the LL how to use his own property.
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Move to NH it's much nicer here. Your in Mass. your screwed.
Even though "the kid" got a thumbs down, he's right. Your landlord need only give notice if he wants to enter the house. He can be on his property any time he chooses
Ye gods.
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