MIL's landlord disclosed they have entered her apartment with her being notified. legaladvice

Hi all!!!

Just got back from a family camping trip, gone from Friday, until Monday. I parked the rented rented camper in my mother in laws parking lot so she could clean it out.

She called her landlord to ask if it was okay to park it there overnight, so she could clean in the morning, landlord said "no problem, but just to let you know I had to enter your unit as I knew you were away for the weekend, and during my daily walk around, I had noticed water dripping from you second story balcony"

My MIL enquirers as to what time this was at, and the LL responded " about 11 am, I just wanted to make sure the toilet wasn't over filling, or the fridge crapped out"

So at the time, no problem. I explained to my MIL the landlord is allowed access during an emergency situation.

Here is our problems.

We left the apartment at 10:30am, and the last thing my MIL did was water her plants on the patio, and refill those "as-seen-on-tv" self watering glass bulbs.

When she got back into her apartment, it was very apparent that the refrigerator/freezer, hall closets, and bedroom wardrobe had been rifled through, and the patio door was left unlocked.

I had said that this was not part of a normal entry, as well that there is a six inch curb between the patio and the floor of the living space. So if the toilet overflowed, or fridge crapped out, it would have to crest the six inch curb prior to leaking out onto the balcony, and that there would be a deluge of water pouring out from under the front door before it would even be noticed.

My MIL has a medicinal marijuana license, and keeps her smokables, and edibles in the freezer, and they were tampered with. So now, the LL is knowledgeable about my MIL not so proud of secret, and where they are

Nothing seemed to be missing, though the computer was powered on.

My concerns are that this has happened in the past, though my MIL has never noticed, chalked it up to forgetfulness,as well as no one notified her as to the fact they were going in, or her emergency contacts (her best friend lives in an adjacent building), or attempted to contact before, during, or, after until 3 days later.

I've told her to purchase a door alarm with a passcode that won't shut off until disabled, destroyed, or out of batteries. And to change her lock and to give a false key to the LL and to wait for a call saying the key doesn't work.

What are our options?

BC Canada.

Thank you friends.

Submitted August 04, 2017 at 06:35AM by Strofari http://ift.tt/2wc7rcP legaladvice