Today, I received a call and email from my property management company stating that there was an emergency, and that they will be entering my apartment. That they would knock, but if I did not answer they would use a key.
I was supposed to be sleeping at the time, and I'm not sure what I could have done to prevent them entering.
In any case, there seemed to be no emergency. They came prepared with a copy of today's newspaper to take a photo of a bucket of water I use to do water changes for my aquarium. I had permission to have the aquarium stated in the lease, and have been doing water changes for some months now, and there has never been an issue. The bucket does not leak nor have I ever spilled any.
I have it on video. Basically, they came in only to take photos, no other action was taken. The emergency was found to be the presence of my bucket which I was asked to remove, despite it no leaking and there being absolutely no way it was the cause of any alleged water issue.
Is there any action I can take to prevent them claiming an emergency to gain access? Their actions after entering clearly indicated there was no emergency.