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Kicked Out? Argh :(
Anon
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Hey guys, just in need of a little advice here regarding my rental situation...
Basically I think we have been kicked out of my apartment i share with my friend.
Over the course of my 12 month lease I have always been 2 weeks ahead in rent, except a few times where it was a few days later than that. I payed a fee for this and assumed it was ok. Now this happened most recently a few weeks ago, and then days after that i get a "Notice to Leave".
The notice says the reason is "Owner Requires Vacant". Nothing about rent payment or whatever being late or noise complaint or anything....
However...
we have been fairly loud, and only just found out this owner acutally...lives underneath us..
So it seems i cannot renew my lease, and have to get out. What i need to know is is there a way to find out if this is going to make it hard to get a new place? Like how do i know if i now have a "bad" rental history or not?? This is my first rental by the way
Any advice is welcome..
Basically I think we have been kicked out of my apartment i share with my friend.
Over the course of my 12 month lease I have always been 2 weeks ahead in rent, except a few times where it was a few days later than that. I payed a fee for this and assumed it was ok. Now this happened most recently a few weeks ago, and then days after that i get a "Notice to Leave".
The notice says the reason is "Owner Requires Vacant". Nothing about rent payment or whatever being late or noise complaint or anything....
However...
we have been fairly loud, and only just found out this owner acutally...lives underneath us..
So it seems i cannot renew my lease, and have to get out. What i need to know is is there a way to find out if this is going to make it hard to get a new place? Like how do i know if i now have a "bad" rental history or not?? This is my first rental by the way
Any advice is welcome..
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It's not an eviction, so it's not "bad." The paperwork makes it sounds like he needs the place empty. He's explicitly leaving a reason off -- either it's none of your business (he's selling the place, having a kid move in, whatever), or he doesn't want to deal with tenants anymore. Or maybe taxes went up and it's not worthwhile being a landlord. Whatever reason, he is not explicitly putting the blame on you. As such, there's no reason it will make it more difficult for you to get a place.
Depending on where you live, your landlord may or may not be required to give you a certain amount of notice, however.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
That's all it means. They aren't giving you an option to renew your lease. They aren't evicting you.
Satans..... hints.....
Not in a bad way though, it could be he just wants to reno as was mentioned, or maybe he has someone else in mind, freind, family member or something. Tons of reasons why this happens.
Supposed to give you 90 days though. I think thats a basic rental law or something.
And as everyone else said, OP, it's not a black mark on your record, in and of itself. A somewhat separate issue is that your new place will most likely call your current landlord for a reference when you apply (this is why you have to list your last few residences on rental applications). At that point it's up to him whether he wants to give them a good reference or be a dick and give them a bad reference. Unless you did some physical damage to the apartment or its furnishings, he really shouldn't give you a bad reference. I wouldn't worry too much.
Thanks for all the advice. I seem to have sorted the situation out via a couple of polite emails!
Basically, I have no idea why they WERE asking us to leave, but now we are staying under a new lease,
for $30 more (i offered $15), and have to get the place cleaned at our cost professionaly... *last inspection i didnt clean up as i forgot *
Soooo... a good result in the end i guess, as it gives me 6 months more to prepare and find somewhere i want to live rather than being kicked out like that.
Still rather baffled about the whole thing though, like why they didnt just ask us to pay more or tell us to clean up or whatever...