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If the landlord does not have a valid reason or they are not following the rules, they do not have a right to come into your home, and you do not have to let them in.<\/p>\n<p>Your landlord has the right to come in for the following reasons, as long as they give you notice in writing <strong>24 hours ahead of time<\/strong> and the time of entry is <strong>between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to do repairs or inspect your place to see if any repairs are needed<\/li>\n<li>to show your place to a possible buyer, insurer, or mortgage lender<\/li>\n<li>to let a real estate agent show your place to a possible buyer<\/li>\n<li>to have a property inspection done before making your building into a condominium<\/li>\n<li>to come into your place for any reasonable purpose listed in your rental agreement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can let your landlord in at other times and for other reasons but that is your choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-46383","publications-page","type-publications-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Does my landlord have a right to come into my home? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleo.on.ca\/en\/publications-page\/does-my-landlord-have-right-come-my-home-0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does my landlord have a right to come into my home? - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario \/ \u00c9ducation juridique communautaire Ontario)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The law says when your landlord has a right to enter your home. 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