First, are vampires stopped at the property line, or only at the threshold of some appurtenance (e.g., a house)? After all, you’re asking about real estate, and real estate is primarily concerned with land, not buildings.
This sort of matters because, are we assuming that vampire law is coincident with human law? By this I mean, if vampires were to take control of the government and abolish real estate law, would they then be able to enter any property or building, anywhere, anytime?
If vampires do observe human law, then realistically, they probably wouldn’t be able to enter a leasehold without the tenant’s permission. The fundamental right of tenancy is peaceful enjoyment, and in fact tenancy is a legal property right, to access the property in question and do anything, without undue burden, allowed under the terms of the lease. It would be a violation of peaceful enjoyment for a landlord to allow vampires into the unit.
The right of inspection, by the way, is explicitly carved out in real estate law. The right to let vampires into the unit is, to my knowledge, not enumerated.
Great stream of thoughts. I don’t have much to add, but True Blood had a vampire purchase the house of someone when it was put up for sale. The owner was missing. He didn’t move in. He just bought it to keep it.
When she (the owner) came back and moved in the vampire was able to come and go as he pleased even though she was living in the house she grew up in. She couldn’t uninvite him.
Well…since you asked. I wasn’t gonna get into all the deets, but she was part fairy, which is why the vampires wanted her so much, and she accidentally went to fairy world. In fairy world time works differently so it was a few seconds for her, but it was a few months to the rest of the world. Her brother became the town deputy. The bank foreclosed on the house while she was gone for those months and the vampire, who owned a night club, bought the house hoping she would come back. As prevoiusly stated, the vampires love fairy blood.
Well I asked because, like, if she was presumed dead, wouldn’t the brother (or other next of kin) be able to inherit? Sure he’d take on the debt and potentially unpaid property taxes, but still, why allow a foreclosure?
If it was only a few months, though, it’s a bit unlikely that a foreclosure would happen. They’re pretty long legal processes. Especially since the house would probably be caught up in probate.
Basically the brother couldn’t afford the pay and upkeep/attention the house need. Their grandma lived there and it was her house and the house the siblings grew up in. The grandma ended up being killed by someone who hates vampires and her body was made to look like a vampire killed her. Basically people weren’t lining up to buy.
Fun question, but it leads to other questions…
First, are vampires stopped at the property line, or only at the threshold of some appurtenance (e.g., a house)? After all, you’re asking about real estate, and real estate is primarily concerned with land, not buildings.
This sort of matters because, are we assuming that vampire law is coincident with human law? By this I mean, if vampires were to take control of the government and abolish real estate law, would they then be able to enter any property or building, anywhere, anytime?
If vampires do observe human law, then realistically, they probably wouldn’t be able to enter a leasehold without the tenant’s permission. The fundamental right of tenancy is peaceful enjoyment, and in fact tenancy is a legal property right, to access the property in question and do anything, without undue burden, allowed under the terms of the lease. It would be a violation of peaceful enjoyment for a landlord to allow vampires into the unit.
The right of inspection, by the way, is explicitly carved out in real estate law. The right to let vampires into the unit is, to my knowledge, not enumerated.
Great stream of thoughts. I don’t have much to add, but True Blood had a vampire purchase the house of someone when it was put up for sale. The owner was missing. He didn’t move in. He just bought it to keep it. When she (the owner) came back and moved in the vampire was able to come and go as he pleased even though she was living in the house she grew up in. She couldn’t uninvite him.
So uh… who put the house up for sale? Did the bank foreclose on the house?
Well…since you asked. I wasn’t gonna get into all the deets, but she was part fairy, which is why the vampires wanted her so much, and she accidentally went to fairy world. In fairy world time works differently so it was a few seconds for her, but it was a few months to the rest of the world. Her brother became the town deputy. The bank foreclosed on the house while she was gone for those months and the vampire, who owned a night club, bought the house hoping she would come back. As prevoiusly stated, the vampires love fairy blood.
Well I asked because, like, if she was presumed dead, wouldn’t the brother (or other next of kin) be able to inherit? Sure he’d take on the debt and potentially unpaid property taxes, but still, why allow a foreclosure?
If it was only a few months, though, it’s a bit unlikely that a foreclosure would happen. They’re pretty long legal processes. Especially since the house would probably be caught up in probate.
Basically the brother couldn’t afford the pay and upkeep/attention the house need. Their grandma lived there and it was her house and the house the siblings grew up in. The grandma ended up being killed by someone who hates vampires and her body was made to look like a vampire killed her. Basically people weren’t lining up to buy.