Tenant wants landlord to babysit repairs

[Senthil N.]

In my years of renting and being a landlord this was never requested. However my client's tenant wants my client (the landlord) to open the house and be available for contractor to come in for repairs, and claims it is the owner's responsibility. Is it the owner's responsible for opening the doors, if the tenant is busy? Can the owner install a lock-box? And for lock-box of course I would try to get tenant's permission and request to waive any liability, which the tenant may not be wiling to provide. In this instance it was just an hour repair with a 2-hour window.