I have found that most apartment complexes do give you notice and then it's up to you whether you are home or not. It used to tick me off when I worked until 1am and my daughter was a baby; they use to come in the morning and wake us up! Back then, though, I was lucky because we had a huge dog and all the maintenance guys were afraid of him so they would ALWAYS make sure we would be home before they "stopped" by. LOL
Currently I rent a townhouse from a private owner however he has his own maintenance crew that works for him. They will normally call and set up an appointment however they do have a key and I have okay'd them to come in while I was at work. Normally I don't do that but we had a leak that had to be fixed asap.
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