[OHIO] Landlord decided to put our home on the market, but he doesn’t seem to be telling most of the people that there are tenants with a lease to stay until October. He consistently doesn’t give me 24 hour notice, and people are showing up unannounced to see the place.

We moved in in October. The landlord told me he wasn’t going to put it on the market, if he got tenants. Suddenly, 4 months in, without any discussion, he told me people were coming to look at the apartment (a condo). Originally he said it was “investors looking to buy his portfolio of properties”. I quickly realized it was not. I would guess that we have let in around 35 people or more since February. Most have not been investors. Most are people shopping for a home, and they are shocked to find out we live there and plan to stay until October. Many are angry for their time being wasted (fair, but it is always directed at us who absolutely did not sign up for this!) These visits are all Week, and on the weekends. If we aren’t available, he expects us to give them the code to our door so they can let themselves in. I have let him do this a couple times but it has gotten out of control. The landlord lives in another state and I have not even met him, nor does he attend any of these “showings”. There is always ta realtor with them, but the realtors almost always seem floored by not having been told people are residing there and plan to for 6 more months. I have expressed my unhappiness in a polite and fair way with the landlord after he told me he had three showings this weekend and Monday. Of course, I have to keep my home in museum type shape to show to potential buyers. Apparently, at all times...

The landlord has not responded to me since Friday when I told him how we were feeling. He has been told a few times that the shoppers are unaware of our living there. I have even gone so far as to contact the realtor who is apparently scheduling the appointments. She said she would talk to him, because she was under the understanding that our lease had something that would force us to move 90 days after a sale. Our lease does not have this in it, I have had it checked by a realtor and several other people.

People are now showing up on our doorstep without anyone telling us at all. This happened twice last week.

What are our rights? Are we doomed to deal with this for the next 6 months? Do we have to let people in all the time, if given 24 hours? Is it reasonable to ask for a rent reduction or to be let out of our lease so we can leave the situation?

We want to be cooperative, but we pay a LOT of money to live there and we are now trapped there with people in and out every week (even when we aren’t home), and forced to keep everything clean and tidy every day of the week.

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