I rent an apartment and need some advice - I gave notice on my flat but I now want to retract that notice.?

Question

Now my landlord has said that its fine for me to stay but he wants to put up the rent by £200 per month. I have a signed lease which ends in September. Can my landlord legally put up the rent or are we still under the original lease agreement?

Answer 1

I assume you gave the notice & he accepted it in writing ?

If so, your lease agreement now ends at the end of the notice period = I assume 2 months, so that would be end June - and not Septemeber.

Come end June the landlord can do what he likes ... of course if you can't agree the new rent, you don't have to sign a new lease - you could always move out at the end of June ...

If you have been a good tenent (paid the rent on time every month) the landlord may well reduce his demands to keep you - finding a new tenent will cost him money and it's always a risk he could get a problem tenent .. all good reasons for him to negotiate with you ..

I suggest you look around for a similar flat - and be prepared to move if he won't reduce his demands to what you would pay elsewhere.

Answer 2

Yes he can. He is not obliged to let you stay in the apartment at all. If you do stay you will have to sign a new lease.

Answer 3

tell him to shove it up his ****........money grabbing git..!