Tonight my landlord called and said that we have to move within 2 months. We have a 1 year lease and we are in the 9th month of this lease. He said that he is loosing the property because he cannot afford anymore to pay the bank, so the bank is taking his appartment. He proposed that we do not pay next month and we move. When I asked him to prove me that, he said that he hasn't to prove anything, we just have to move. Does the law allow to do that? Is the only solution to accept his unilateral deal?
2007-10-03 18:57:31 · 3 answers · asked by aliceroy 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
You have a lease that is valid for 1 year. Unless there is some terms in the lease that describe how the landlord may break it, you've got the rest of that year.
You don't have to take the deal. If the bank takes the building, they'll have to evict you.
That being said, if the story is true, your landlord is trying to do you a favor. He's basically saying take next month's rent and use it to find a new place. That's a pretty good offer. By the time the bank takes the property, the lease will likely be up or close to it, and their offer will be a straight 30 day eviction notice, period.
2007-10-03 19:04:04 · answer #1 · answered by Uncle Pennybags 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think he is probably telling the truth. I am a landlord and I wouldn't ever tell one of my tenants not to pay me unless it was something like this. Take it for what it is the man sounds like he is really trying to help you because technically he didn't have to disclose this information to you.
2007-10-04 08:58:34 · answer #2 · answered by Me Who 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think about this for a minute, he is telling you DON'T PAY ME, take the rent money that you would pay me and find a new place. And what do you do? Basically spit in his face and call him a liar. PROVE IT?
2007-10-04 02:31:33 · answer #3 · answered by Craig T 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋