How much time is a landlord required to provide tenants with a new lease when there current lease is about to?

Question

My husband and I rent in Virginia. Our lease is up August 1st and we have not recieved copy of the new lease to review. I asked for it at the end of May and again today (6/23) . Our lease states that it has to be signed by July 1st. Our management company said again today that they will send it on Tuesday, 4 days from now, and we will have it by Wednesday. It has to be signed by Friday. Shouldn't we have a little more time to review it? Plus that gives us 2 days to take time off work to drive and meet the woman to sign it. What do I do?

3 months ago the property was turned over to a management company. They stated they would be changing the lease and have repeatedly stated they were sending it for us to review. She stated this morning that we would have it Wednesday and it has to be signed Friday, so we have 2 days. Per my current lease I am under no obligation to deal with this woman. Is it not to much to expect that if they are changing the lease that we have it in a timely manner?

Answer 1

its not the responsibility of the lessor to create a new lease with a phone call.
you must ask for this in writing and by certified mail.
the leasing co. may not wish to re-lease to you, but rather place you on a month to month so to move you out or raise rents at their leisure.
I suggest you let no moss grow under your feet and get to their office to get that lease in hand or you will be subject to moving at the expiration of your old lease or be placed automatically on a month to month or lastly have your rent increased without notice because you are 'holding over'!

Answer 2

The language in your old lease should explain what happens once it expires. In nearly all cases, it will revert to a month-to-month agreement.

Don't sweat it. When it comes, review it and if everything is OK, sign it and return it by Certified Mail, keeping a copy for yourself. Keep that with your proof of mailing in case there are any questions in the future. You do NOT have to meet with the woman in person to sign the lease!

Answer 3

You have two choices: You can stay, or you can move. If you stay, you're going to have to sign the lease, pretty much no matter what it says. If you're in an apartment, and know someone else who would be willing to let you see their recently-renewed lease, that might give you a clue as to what the new terms are going to be. Otherwise, you're just going to have to wait it out until you get the lease on Tuesday. Since Tuesday is the 26th, that will still give you 4 days to review it, and decide whether or not to sign.

Your other option, of course, is to give notice that you're moving.

Answer 4

It will probably depend on how your current lease reads. In the lease I have with my tenants, I am required to give them 30-days notice of any changes in the terms of the lease. And, it has to be in writing, not just a phone call to them to say "hey, your rent is going up" or "you are responsible for cutting your own grass now." Likewise, they are required to give me 30-days notice if they intend to move out.

Also, it depends on if the original lease ends on August 1st and if, after that date, it rolls to a "month-to-month" lease. If it rolls to month-to-month, they can't change anything without giving you a 30-day notice (this may vary by state, though, so I could double check it).

If your current lease merely ends on August 1st, with no option to go to month-to-month afterward, then come August 1st, you essentially have no place to live and have no choice but to sign the new agreement if you intend to stay there. Ethically, they should have given you time to decide whether you wanted to stay or not, but I'm not sure that legally they are required to do so. Again, that will depend on your current lease and how it is written. This is how mine reads, and of course, your's may be vastly different:

Both LESSOR and LESSEE shall notify the other party in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of this lease of their intent to renew or not renew this lease. Failure by either party to give notice or continued occupancy by LESSEE after expiration of this lease for any reason, shall be considered a rental from month to month at the rent rate currently being charged. LESSOR will provide LESSEE with at least a thirty (30) day notice of any change in the rent rate.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

usually we sent out our renewals 60 days prior to the lease expiration to give people time to decide, negotiate, make arrangements for a new place. theres not set time they should give unless sted in ur lease but i think its a little rude that they are not giving u a lot of time.


chances are if they havent given you the renwal yet then they are either deciding if they want u to stay (or they are going to jack the rent up high to make you want to leave)

Answer 7

cwl has the msg I'd give you, no sense in rewriting