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Property Management Majorly Invaded My Privacy. Worth Contacting An Attorney?

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This happened yesterday at 4pm and I’m still reeling. I’m in Ohio. I’m a renter and I’ve been living in the same apartments for 6 years. I am a third shifter so I sleep during the day. It’s been extremely hot, so I was sleeping without clothes on. Despite my username, I am female. And I live alone. I woke up to very loud police-like knocking (banging) and went to check it out. As I was walking to the door, the apartment property management team was turning the knob and attempting to come in. I barricaded the door and told them to please hold on because I needed to put clothes on. They continued to very aggressively push on the door, trying to get inside. I told them again to please hold on, and they said if I didn’t let them in immediately I was in violation of my lease. It was two women and a very large man, and I was using all the force I had to keep the door shut, still completely nude. I was able to get them to stop long enough for me to get dressed and I asked why they were there. They told me they needed to get in for a lease renewal inspection. I never got notice of this at all. They became very defensive and told me that I’m wrong because they put a paper on my door on Monday, telling me this would be happening. I have been home all week and I haven’t gotten any papers on my door whatsoever. I don’t know, maybe it blew away, maybe someone took it, who’s to say. But I never received notice. They came inside, took very blurry and quick photos of my kitchen and bathroom on an iPad and left. I still have no idea what the point of that inspection was. They didn’t actually look at anything, just glanced around and left. I was obviously very shaken by this experience and I asked that in the future they email me or text me so I wouldn’t miss the notice. They were extremely callous about the entire situation and made me out to be some psycho who was crying over a standard inspection. In the 6 years I’ve lived here, I’ve never had a lease renewal inspection. They told me I probably have, I just didn’t know about it. So maybe they’ve been coming in without notice this entire time. I feel incredibly unsafe now and I don’t know what my next move should be. Any advice is very much appreciated.

Location: Ohio

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