I have been renting my house for 8 months now, and Friday I recieved a letter saying that my lease expires on the 31st of this month!! Now I KNOW I signed a 1 year lease, that would make my expiration in December. But in the letter, it said that when/if i renew my lease my rent would by $425 for the first 6 months and $450 for the remaing 6 months. I am paying $350 right now for it!!
I haven't talked to my rental company, seeing how they gave the letter to me on Friday, but I have a feeling that they are trying to screw me cuz they know that I lost my copy of my lease!! I have looked everywhere for it but I think it got thrown out!
I question is, if they are trying to screw me and I don't have a copy of my lease, can i legally do something about it?? Since I know it would be my word against theirs??
Please help me!! I can't afford to move but I can't afford to pay $450!!
2006-08-20 10:04:22 · 4 answers · asked by Kelley 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
I am not ready to buy... Plus the place I am living, aint worth living for life in!! It is a good place to start, but it is a piece of crap!! I am only there cuz the rent was cheap!!
2006-08-20 10:18:16 · update #1
When you call the rental company, tell them that they must have made some mistake and that you'd like to see their copy of the lease, because your copy of the lease says that it expires in December.
If that doesn't work and they still try to push the increase, tell them that by law they are required to give more than 11 days notice of a rent increase. Most of the time it is 30 days notice but your lease may have required as much as 60 days.
2006-08-20 16:35:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the law is they can only raise a max of 10 % in most states -and check your lease its usually either 6 months and your past that or 1 year -they cant raise till ur lease is up- get into our 360 creativity bog and we will help u more -be the prices u r and keep it in amazing grace-david
get anothers copy of their lease and then prove by reciepts you have only been there 8 months and if u like i will help u sue them too-for mental anguish u may own the apartments relax im prayin for u its all good.
2006-08-20 10:22:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you been paying for it at least one year, you should have gottena "lease option to buy" instead because all that last year you paid went to waste!! it should have went on your down payment! you should study up on lease option do buy...
2006-08-20 10:12:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont do anything. pray to the invisible pink unicorn!
2006-08-20 12:06:06 · answer #4 · answered by Piffle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋