I am living in a house paid for by my boss. Is he allowed to enter my house without notifying me?

Question

My boss is a little on the crazy side, but he pays well. I just moved from TX to Colorado to work at another job he has a contract on. My boss rents a house from someone and me and my co-workers live in it rent-free. We do construction work, but for some reason my boss got a house that should be lived in by kings. It's WAY too nice for our tastes. I guess we shouldn't complain...but yesterday we came home and there were sticky notes ALL over the house. In our bedrooms, bathrooms, in the kitchen, saying "you should have made your bed", "you should have washed the dishes", "your mothers would be ashamed"...blah blah. The house isn't dirty at all. So what if there were a few dishes in the sink and the beds weren't made? Is it legal for him to come into our house and our bedrooms without notifying us? We signed an agreement he wrote up laying out the "laws" or the rules for living there, but it didn't say anything about him entering without giving prior notice. What can I do?

Answer 1

It is his property - if you don't like it pay for yourself.  

You are complaining about your new parent telling you what to do.  If you don't like it support yourself SON.

Answer 2

why would you do that? he sounds like a control freak! My advice is to MOVE OUT

& Yes it's legal for him to come in and out as he pleases...Its his house, your just living there

Answer 3

i would imagine since he pays for everything he has the right to come anytime he wants.  

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I am not an attorney so not sure how good my advice is.  If you signed a contract saying you can live there than regardless of the price that would appear to me that he is your landlord. The fact that you are doing work on the home could be seen as payment for rent. If that is the case than he would have to give you notice before he enterd the house.  If the conidotion of the house is not violating any laws or causing the vaule of the house to go down he has no say.  Not really sure what your agreement says our how legally binding it is.

If is not a rental contract and he is considered a resident of the house than not sure if you could do anything about it.

Answer 6

Legally, it doesn't look like you've got a lot of protection in Colorado because of your unusual situation.  You don't have a lease, and the document you signed doesn't specify privacy.  (The link below is for Boulder, CO tenant info - look for the paragraph titled PRIVACY)

You don't need to have the law on your side to ask your boss to respect your privacy a bit more.  If you're uncomfortable telling him that then maybe it's time to move.  You have to ask yourself what's more important - free rent or privacy?

Answer 7

No he does not have the right to come in whenever he wants. As the current tenants you have a reasonable expectation of privacy. He does however have the right to make inspections with proper prior notice. Whatever written agreement you have should have addressed this. If it does not then see if you can write something up and negotiate terms with him.