Apologies if we've posted to the wrong subreddit but hoping we can get guidance on a very stressful situation we are currently in. We're supposed to take possession of our new home tomorrow but today we were informed by our realtors that our sellers are refusing to hand over the keys for possession tomorrow. We've already closed on the property and it is / will be legally ours.
We sold our current home and the new buyers are supposed to be given possession of our place two days after we were supposed to move in. We will still be showing up with our realtor at possession time tomorrow very well prepared with the possibility they won't handover the keys at which point we will be going directly to lawyers.
Has anyone dealt with something similar or know how lawyers proceed in these situations? This is extremely stressful as we now have to arrange storage and seeking accommodation in a hotel. I really hope no one has to ever deal with a stressful situation like this let alone for the biggest purchase of their lives. Any insights or experiences or guidance is appreciated. Regardless, looking forward to seeing a lawyer tomorrow.
Thanks in advance!
Edit: You guys are truly supportive and awesome! Super grateful for you even if you don’t have anything to contribute but just want to say you’re sorry we’re dealing with this. Since we dealt with a Notary does anyone have any suggestion for lawyers who can deal with this in the Surrey / North Delta Area? I’ll be doing some googling tonight anyways instead of last minute packing 🤷♂️
Edit: Update has been posted in comments! I'll try to answer any questions!
My ex-gf and I share a one bedroom apartment and we have a mutual friend visiting for 5 days. She’s more of my ex’s friend but I know her decently well too. The reason for her visit is marriage issues, so she wants to get away from her husband for a little bit.
This friend won’t feel comfortable if I’m here in my own apartment, so my ex wants me to leave for a few days. I guess this friend doesn’t want me to know about the marriage issues or she’ll feel awkward. My ex recommends that I stay with my family but they’re dispersed around the city. I’m totally okay with being gone during the day and sleeping on the couch at night. What I’m not okay with is feeling alienated from my own apartment and be treated like I’m the bad guy by my ex for not wanting to leave. My ex and I got into an argument about this last night but I’d like some outside opinion.
So AITA for not couchsurfing somewhere else? Or is my ex TAH for wanting me to leave my own apartment?
UPDATE: Thanks for all the support and clarity to everyone that commented! I decided to stay in the apartment and things are going okay. My ex bitched about buying an AirBnB for two nights but oh well!
I rent an apartment in Toronto, ON. The landlord owns two adjoining properties. The apartment that I live in is within one property, and the parking area and garage are on the other (in the back yard). The rental has always included use of the parking spot, and then after a few years of living here I also started renting the garage as well, they just increased my rent slightly at that time. I have a vehicle parked in the spot, and I use the garage for storage. The landlord recently informed me that he is selling the other property. At first he just said to wait and see what the next owner wants to do with the property before vacating, but now he is emailing me and asking me to vacate the parking space in time for viewings of the listing. I have an old project vehicle parked there, and would need to do some work to it in order to have it moved, so it's not that simple. This raises a couple of questions, can he simply ask me to move the vehicle or do I have some rights here? If I lose the parking spot, should I expect to have an adjustment to the rental amount? The apartment always included parking, and in my mind it has less value without it. Similar questions for the garage, do I have some rights to remain in the garage until properly notified? Would the amount by which my rent increased once I started renting the garage simply start to go to the next owner? I'm just not sure what to expect, I've just asked the landlord to give me the new owner's contact once the property has sold. The landlord seems to expect that I will just keep giving them the same amount of rent and simply vacate the parking spot and garage because he asked me to, but I'd love to still use the parking and garage if I can.
Landlord asked us to move out early so he can do work on the apartment before the new tenants move in on June 1 and says he will not reimburse us for the days he has asked us to leave the apartment. Do we have any legal right to reimbursement?
Finally bought my own place so vacated my rental on Monday, spent two days cleaning the house top to bottom, wiping down walls, re mulching the garden etc.
PM sends me an email with a big list of things that need to be rectified, half of which I just laughed at as they are clearly in the initial inspection report as damaged when I moved in ( such as claims I've replaced a door and repainted it the wrong shade of white hahahaha)
However she has put down things that need to be rectified such as "finger print on wall in bed 1" and "residue of oven cleaner" "blinds dusty"
I really CBF going back 45 minutes each way to wipe a finger print off the wall, can they really get a cleaner out for this shit and take it out of my bond? I have left the house MUCH cleaner than when I moved in so I've got a sour taste in my mouth about the whole thing.
Goodbye UCONN, fuck off
After trying a room a few times in the past where it was the only guest room in a shared house with the hosts living on the premises, I decided to book again to have a reasonably calm place to work from home. Things were good for the first 2 weeks until some issues started when I asked to extend the reservation. The host created a second listing for another room, so let's say my room is called Sunshine Room and the new one the Moon Room. Rather than let me extend my reservation for Sunshine room, the host suggested I book the Moon Room. I declined, sent an extension request for Sunshine and the host accepted. Fast forward a week, the host tells me handymen are coming to make some home repairs during my stay, would I mind vacating my room and moving to Moon Room. I told the hosts I'll think about. We are 3 days from the renovations and suddenly the host told me face to face, hey they accepted another guest for the Moon Room, can I vacate my room today by 10am? I have 4 nights left on my active reservation and I have an appointment in another city that's like 1.5 hours drive, plus it's my day off work and I just want to relax and do my thing, not move my stuff to another room! I booked Sunshine Room and I should be able to stay in the room I booked.
And get this,when I told the host face to face hey it's my day off work (these days we work 6 days a week, so having 1 day off isn't too much to ask), I want to rest and I have stuff to do, she was like, hey just let us know by 10am (the check out time, except my check out is 4 nights away),, we can even help move your stuff! Needless to say I'm pretty unhappy about this. I've been working nights, want to rest and not feel rushed to move to another room during an active reservation. Problem is there are no locks on the doors and this host already accessed my room during my booking a few times. She insists she "has to" clean up even if I decline she persuades me . I'm unhappy about being asked to move and that she gave so little notice of another guest. What can I do? I can't prevent her from entering while I'm away. Who knows maybe this host will even move my things without my permission! What should I do in this situation?
Our landlord sold her apartment where we’ve been living for one year with a three-year contract. Can the new landlord give us six month’s notice to vacate the apartment immediately upon transfer of the apartment? Or is it only possible for the new landlord to give us six month’s notice once we’re six months from the end of our three-year contract?
I’ve read ANIL (landlord & renter info for France) online and it seems to be that the new landlord is required to let us finish out the contract but this does fall within the three exceptions listed for when a landlord can break the contract. I’d appreciate any info on this as it’s the difference between having two more years in our current place or six months. Thanks!
I screen shot my lease and sent it over to the property manager to let her know I don’t feel comfortable signing this additional document as we’re not in breach of lease and are abiding to terms of termination (written notice we’re not renewing). Of course my email got forwarded over to their corporate attorney stating I’m refusing to sign the document and am being difficult.
The document includes a lot more terms and responsibilities than our lease. I’ve successfully held and terminated leases in various states and have never dealt with this.
Can they really force me to sign a document their calling Notice to Vacate accepting more responsibilities as I prepare to move out? TIA
Hello,
I'm a bit overwhelmed right now, but I am trying to get some advice on how to proceed. My family has been on the receiving end of a huge amount of noise complaints from our downstairs neighbour the past few months and we have just received a notice to vacate the unit. We have lived here for over twenty years and never had a problem come close to this. The noise complaints are unproven and unfounded but they have complained almost daily for months and the landlord can't ignore them.
I live with my parents, and they are legally disabled (on ODSP) and there is absolutely nowhere else we could possibly go. I know the general advice is "get a lawyer", but this entire situation is completely new for us. What kind of lawyer? We can't afford much, and I have zero experience with the law. I really don't even know my rights as a tenant or anything, so any resources I should read up on would be very helpful.
I'm confident that the neighbour is lying (noise complaints when we're not home/no one is awake) but this seems like it's going to court and I want to be prepared as much as possible. I really can't exaggerate the toll it's taken on my family's mental health and I really want to settle this. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
EDIT: it was an N5
Just about 2 years ago my in-laws (mother-in-law, father-in-law, and their adult son (my brother-in-law)) were on the verge of homelessness, so my wife and I agreed to let them move in with us and our child under a month-to-month rental arrangement. The original plan was for them to live with us 1-2 years while they waited for a Housing Choice Voucher through the Baltimore County government. My BIL lives in a room in the basement, MIL/FIL have a room on the 2nd floor. Plan was to build out an in-law suite in the basement together, but it was not fully completed before we both became physically unable to finish the project. Nonetheless, the in-laws have all had unrestricted access to a kitchen, bathroom, water, power, internet, etc. during their time here.
Turns out they had no clue about the Voucher timeline. I check on their spot in line over a year's time and extrapolated, and it may take another 5 years before they get to the front of the line, even without the impact of the pandemic factored in. The living arrangement already wasn't working out by the end of year 1, so a little over 6 months ago we gave them written notice of our intention to terminate the lease as of 4/30/2021. We chose to give them 6 months notice instead of the legally-required 60 days, and included a list of resources they could turn to for help.
We checked in on them more frequently as the months went by and it was clear to me that they gave up the search almost immediately. Their only income is MIL's Social Security disability check of about $800/month, which isn't enough for many apartment communities who insist applicants have income of ~3x the rent amount. FIL turns 62 in a few months and expects to collect $575 in Social Security Income (SSI) by taking retirement early. (BiL has never held a job and lives off his parents so there's no income of his to factor into this). I told them to keep looking (especially for mom-and-pop rentals), and avail themselves of the resources I provided them (social worker phone #'s, etc.) since I don't know how to navigate the ins & outs of the public assistance system.
The deadline (4/30/2021) has passed and we have told them they need to vacate immediately. They squandered the generous timeframe we gave them and are demanding we let them stay until FIL collects SSI and they have higher income to find something. I found them a motel with a weekly rate that they can swing for a few months between MILs disability check and all the stimul
... keep reading on reddit ➡My roommate and I signed a lease for an apartment and now after paying reservation fees, paying a security deposit and paying for the electric company and renters insurance for the lease both we and the property manager signed we are being told the previous tenet decided they are no longer moving out.
Our lease has no clause that states our lease can be voided by a previous tenet deciding to re-sign a lease after giving intent to vacate.
The only justification they are giving is that on the application process it states that an application for an occupied apartment may be moved to a different similar unit if the previous tenet decided to re-sign, it mentions nothing about what happens in the case of signing a lease.
https://www.facebook.com/595121867196505/posts/5422973471077963/?d=n
Update: it is fiberglass
According to the Wall Street Journal, this applies nationwide. Let's see how this plays out.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-judge-invalidates-national-eviction-moratorium-11620231572
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/05/cdc-eviction-ban-vacated-485441
https://fortune.com/2021/05/05/national-eviction-ban-overturned/
I met my perfect girl through a dating app 5 months back, things just flourished and were extremely good at the start.
One day she got really drunk and ended up cheating on me with someone. After a few days she was feeling really bad about it and told me how she was abused a kid and it makes her want to fuck up anything good that happens in her life. I ended up forgiving her and again very quickly we ended up being great with each other and she apologized and apologized about what had happened. She even gave up alcohol completely and she genuinely felt I was the love of her life and the feeling was mutual.
She never told me about her past struggles with alcohol and being involuntarily committed for that and some other history. She till now does not want to accept her problems with alcohol and thinks everyone exaggerates things. She had a very toxic relationship with her family and she would often cry about it and I couldn't understand why her family members were always rude to her. I tried my best to be there for her through that.
Given how amazing things were apart from her bouts of crying because of her family members acting rude to her, we ended up moving in together just a month back where I was the tenant and she was an occupant on the lease. After 10-15 days is when everything started clicking and making sense after I started finding small bottles of alcohol hidden in the bathroom, closet and the bedroom and her erratic behavior.
At the start I just wasn't ready to accept it and kept thinking that her family ends up being rude and she tries to cope up with alcohol. Till it went out of my hands... She went into a 3 day long binge drinking and started verbally abusing me and ended up threatening me and slapped me in that impaired state. I lost my cool and asked her to leave the apartment and that I'll help her find a new place. (But did not yell). After a day later things became really bad and she fell down and was unconscious and I freaked out and I had to call 911.
During the visit to the hospital she kept on yelling and cursing me for bringing her in that impaired state. The 911 folks were asking me that should have called earlier given her state and that she is on Lorazepam and might had abused that.
After she sobered up, she was mad at me for doing this because she does not have any problem with alcohol. But I got in touch with her mom and was told about her multiple hospitalizations because of alcohol abuse.
I was scared to go home given
... keep reading on reddit ➡Apologies if we've posted to the wrong subreddit but hoping we can get guidance on a very stressful situation we are currently in. We're supposed to take possession of our new home tomorrow but today we were informed by our realtors that our sellers are refusing to hand over the keys for possession tomorrow. We've already closed on the property and it is / will be legally ours.
We sold our current home and the new buyers are supposed to be given possession of our place two days after we were supposed to move in. We will still be showing up with our realtor at possession time tomorrow very well prepared with the possibility they won't handover the keys at which point we will be going directly to lawyers.
Has anyone dealt with something similar or know how lawyers proceed in these situations? This is extremely stressful as we now have to arrange storage and seeking accommodation in a hotel. I really hope no one has to ever deal with a stressful situation like this let alone for the biggest purchase of their lives. Any insights or experiences or guidance is appreciated. Regardless, looking forward to seeing a lawyer tomorrow.
Thanks in advance!
Context: Metro Vancouver Area
Apologies if we've posted to the wrong subreddit but hoping we can get guidance on a very stressful situation we are currently in. We're supposed to take possession of our new home tomorrow but today we were informed by our realtors that our sellers are refusing to hand over the keys for possession tomorrow. We've already closed on the property and it is / will be legally ours.
We sold our current home and the new buyers are supposed to be given possession of our place two days after we were supposed to move in. We will still be showing up with our realtor at possession time tomorrow very well prepared with the possibility they won't handover the keys at which point we will be going directly to lawyers.
Has anyone dealt with something similar or know how lawyers proceed in these situations? This is extremely stressful as we now have to arrange storage and seeking accommodation in a hotel. I really hope no one has to ever deal with a stressful situation like this let alone for the biggest purchase of their lives. Any insights or experiences or guidance is appreciated. Regardless, looking forward to seeing a lawyer tomorrow.
Thanks in advance!
