Anet
22 Feb 2015
Real Estate / Sweeping powers? What rights do chimney sweeps have when inspecting rented properties in Poland? [8]
You are not supposed to pay them anything. They are sent by your local housing estate and I think it is them who decide how often it happens - usually it's once or twice a year. This is for safety reasons because an accident in one flat could potentially affect all the residents of that block of flats. You have to let them in otherwise they will bother you until you do. What happens normally where I live is that they announce those visits by hanging a notice by the staircase on the ground floor saying when they are going to come.
And yes once a year on 4th May they can come in order to collect some cash, selling calendars or something like that. But this is when you do not have to let them in.
You are not supposed to pay them anything. They are sent by your local housing estate and I think it is them who decide how often it happens - usually it's once or twice a year. This is for safety reasons because an accident in one flat could potentially affect all the residents of that block of flats. You have to let them in otherwise they will bother you until you do. What happens normally where I live is that they announce those visits by hanging a notice by the staircase on the ground floor saying when they are going to come.
And yes once a year on 4th May they can come in order to collect some cash, selling calendars or something like that. But this is when you do not have to let them in.