I am not currently a renter, but I think it is unreasonable to have an inspection when the resident is not present. It is your personal space and you should have the right to be present when an inspection is carried out or at least be given the right to advise when it would be convenient. I do not think that seven days is enough. With more notice one could ask ones employer for the day off. I also think it is unreasonable to expect a resident to ask a friend or neighbour to sit around for up to 6 hours waiting for someone to carry out the inspection!
A similar matter happened to me (as an owner) when the strata manager wrote to advise that an inspection would be carried out in 7 days of the properties on my side of the complex for a “problem” that half of us did not have nor had complained of. I was not home on that day, did not have anyone who could be there and did not really feel comfortable asking a neighbour as, unlike the example above, no time was given for the inspection at all. With 10 units to be inspection, could have been a 10 hour wait for all I knew.
I believe that more notice is needed. We all have lives! So do our family, friends and neighbours. 7 days notice to sit around for the entire day is just not on. One gets 6 weeks of a wedding invitiation, 4 – 5 weeks notice for a big birthday bash, but only 7 days for a stranger to invade your home and poke around your things! Outrageous!