Recently, there has been a debate between landlords and tenants about ‘showing the house’. Some tenants do not want to show their homes to prospective buyers or new tenants. According to legal regulations, what are the obligations of tenants to show their flats?
Recently, some tenants do not want to show their apartments to those who come to buy or rent them. This situation causes disputes between tenants and landlords. According to TRT’s Semih Çalışkan, according to legal regulations, tenants are obliged to allow the landlord or his representative to show the house to prospective buyers or tenants, provided that reasonable notice is given. However, it is considered essential to respect the privacy of tenants and not to disturb them in this process
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First of all, the landlord must obtain the tenant’s permission to show the property at reasonable times and for reasonable periods of time. However, these times are often not agreed between the parties. According to the law, how many times a week do existing tenants have to show the apartment?
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Mediator Lawyer Niymet Yaman Yıldırım spoke on the subject as follows:
“The Court of Cassation says that the arrangement is made for two or four hours on weekdays and two or four hours on weekends. Most importantly, it does this for a limited period of time. You can show it for six months, you can show it for three months.”
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What should be done in case of disagreement?
“The tenant can file a lawsuit for permission to show the house, which is referred to as the case for permission to show the place. Considerations such as the neighborhood where the house is located, possible selling times are taken into account and a period is determined. And the court makes a determination in its decision in the same way, through the expert committee, in accordance with the work done by the tenant and the hours that the tenant can show the house.”
