county inspection email from Jacob Kogan to Charnelle Powell

inspection email from Jacob Kogan to Charnelle Powell

• 9 am: the landlord and Inspector Bill met at the building entrance. After inspection of the unit's entrance door the landlord discovered that the upper lock was changed. Loud knocking the door multiple times generated no response. We agreed to meet again at 4 pm provided the landlord gains access to the unit, and parted.
• The landlord places a call to a locksmith, and when the locksmith arrives they come to the unit, and landlord knocks a number of times. After receiving no response the locksmith opens the lock, and they enter the unit. They find the tenant working in the kitchen. The landlord requests a key from the new lock, the tenant refuses to provide the key. The landlord requests the locksmith to remove the lock. The locksmith removes the first lock panel from the inside of the unit entrance door and hands it to the landlord, who puts the panel in his backpack. At this moment the tenant pushes her way through and blocks the entrance door, so that landlord and locksmith are located between the the tenant and the the kitchen. The door is blocked by the tenant who calls the police.

  While waiting for the police to arrive the tenant blocks the door, so that nobody can leave the unit without removing her by force. The landlord request the tenant to let the locksmith go, after all the locksmith has additional work appointments for the day. The tenant refuses, and both the landlord and the locksmith are forced to wait inside the unit.

  When the police officer arrives and mediates the mutual complains (the tenant wants the panel of her lock back, the landlord wants the original lock back) the tenant brings a plastic bag with the old lock. The landlord insists on checking the lock's parts, and after the new lock is removed, the old one installed by the locksmith. The landlord tells the tenant that the inspector will come at 4 pm.

  The police officer, the locksmith, and the landlord leave the unit. The landlord asks the police officer which number he needs to call at 4 pm if the lock is changed again, and the answer is 911.

  At 11:25 am the landlord pays the locksmith $216, and asks the locksmith what would be the discount if his services are required the second time at 4 pm on the same day. The answer is $150, and he will need a 30 minutes advanced notice.

  At 3:30 pm the landlord stops by to inspect the entrance door locks, they appear to be unchanged.

  At 4:00 pm the inspector arrives, and the inspector and the landlord come to the unit's door. The landlord knocks a number of times, and receives no response. The landlord then opens the locks, and they enter the unit. The living room, kitchen, and hall are empty, the dogs are in the bedroom, and the bedroom entrance is blocked by a gate (so that the dogs are locked in the bedroom, exactly as the landlord requested in his September 17 email in case the tenant is not home). After a short while the inspection is completed, and they exit the unit.