Rental advise needed

blah99 said:
This landlord WANTS you out. Better to move.
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I have a feeling the landlord has spoken to an Agent and the agent told the landlord what they will be able to earn if they rent out the house and flat separately. The agent forgot to mention to the owner what slithery snakes they are and that they don't have anyone's best interest in mind.
 
Gazbal said:
Your Landlord has 3 legal options:

1. renew lease with max 10% increase as stipulated in lease agreement extension
2. continue as a month to month agreement with max 10% increase, or
3 cancel/not renew lease agreement (often with 2 months notice unless otherwise stipulated. Law is less) and you are required to vacate. Hence the landlord wanting your answer before end June.

You really need to discuss this with the landlord urgently. I suspect he will terminate your lease should you not either accept his terms or come to a compromise. That is the landlord's right. Yes, he will now have to find a new tenant and this should be the main basis of your counter-offer. If you were a bad tenant in general, I doubt a renewal offer would even be contemplated by the landlord.

Tenants do enjoy (unbalanced) protection from landlords in this country but if the landlord gives you the required notice and you fail to vacate, even the Rental housing tribunal will (eventually) find in favor of the landlord, who can come after you for further costs. Your ITC/ TPN/Lightstone rental record will be adversely effected, which could cause red-flags to future Landlords.
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Exactly this. As per the contract here. OP should stipulate this clause, however the LL will likely not renew the lease. OP could try to refuse to leave as the basis for the termination is now set by the LL as an off-contract % adjustment - which OP should address at the RHT.
 
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Answers were given above.

A legal contracts states the rights and obligations of both parties.

You can accept the landlord new terms, you can reject his new terms and he will be in his rights to terminate the contract as per the terms in the current contract.
 
purple face said:
They could just say the house isn't for rent anymore
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It is not that simple. They will have to follow the termination clause in the contract. Plus the tenant will have to find alternative accommodation first. The tenant will be able to approach the rental tribunal. The owner has asked for an increase and didn't show any intention that they didn't want to lease the property anymore. The owner will not be allowed to advertise, publicly anyways, there will be a 3-month waiting limit minimum. It is really not to the owner's best interest to follow this route.

The best outcome for everyone is here:

Gazbal said:
Your Landlord has 3 legal options:

1. renew lease with max 10% increase as stipulated in lease agreement extension
2. continue as a month to month agreement with max 10% increase, or
3 cancel/not renew lease agreement (often with 2 months notice unless otherwise stipulated. Law is less) and you are required to vacate. Hence the landlord wanting your answer before end June.

You really need to discuss this with the landlord urgently. I suspect he will terminate your lease should you not either accept his terms or come to a compromise. That is the landlord's right. Yes, he will now have to find a new tenant and this should be the main basis of your counter-offer. If you were a bad tenant in general, I doubt a renewal offer would even be contemplated by the landlord.

Tenants do enjoy (unbalanced) protection from landlords in this country but if the landlord gives you the required notice and you fail to vacate, even the Rental housing tribunal will (eventually) find in favor of the landlord, who can come after you for further costs. Your ITC/ TPN/Lightstone rental record will be adversely effected, which could cause red-flags to future Landlords.
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purple face said:
They could just say the house isn't for rent anymore
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He can't. His intention has been to keep renting it out but at a higher %, and the tenant has a contract signed by him promising a lesser %. His basis for not wanting to now rent it to an existing tenant is flawed. Placing the tenant under such time pressure too seems unfair. LL has positioned himself to hand over 1 months cancellation notice (contract ends 1 August). RHT miiiiight be able to help here, but likely OP can expect to be moving end of July.
 
Lupus said:
Which they can do, pretty much from Monday
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Not necessarily, because the contract states the lease continue at 10%. They can only terminate it if there is a clause there that states should OP not agree to a new lease, given X amount of notice, the contract may be canceled give X notice. If they want to terminate it otherwise, they will need a valid reason, increase not one of them as that is already decided in the contract.

And if there is a clause that says the contract may be canceled due to non-agreement of rental increase outside of what the contract states, OP at least has till end of August to look for a new place. So good for the landlord to address this early on.
 
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