In plain English
It means giving official approval for someone working for the property to come into the home. The person may be a landlord, property manager, maintenance worker, or other service person, and the entry is for maintenance.
In context
Here, it asks whether the landlord, property manager, maintenance worker, or other service person is authorized to enter the home for that maintenance visit.
- Situation
- Setting up utilities and submitting maintenance, repair, and access requests
- What it communicates
- asks whether staff may enter the home for the visit.
Meaning limits
This term only covers authorization to enter a dwelling for maintenance, not entry for some other purpose.
Examples
“The tenant gave the maintenance worker permission to enter the flat to fix the leaking sink, but not to show it to new renters.”
“Before the boiler repair, the property manager checked whether permission to enter had been granted for that visit.”