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Fri, Jul 01 2022, 2:37 pm
I just want to point out from someone who has been in both a tenants perspective, as well as a landlord's (BH my husband does some residential real estate management) that just because someone can hypothetically get x amount per month from a new tenant, doesn't mean that they will get it. And even if they do get it they might end up dealing with other issues, at least with you they know what they are getting themselves into in terms of how clean, demanding exc you are.
But I would consult a real estate lawyer regarding your legal recourse. I have no idea about that. I do know of tenants who were paying well below market value when DH bought a property, and he raises them a small amount every year. But that's in NYC where it's very difficult to evict a tenant if they don't pay rent, so it was in his best interests to make sure that they didn't just stop paying.
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Fri, Jul 01 2022, 2:45 pm
Two questions:
Are you in a legal rental?
Does your previous lease specify a percent by which your rent can be raised?
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Fri, Jul 01 2022, 2:55 pm
As a landlord myself op,You're creeping me out. $1450 for the market value is not alot at all. It might be a little bit of big raise but please count your blessings. You're lucky to have a landlord like that.
Dh has a good friend that his house was recently sold. The new landlord is giving him 3 months to either move or a raise for over $1000. The new landlords are nuts, but he's asking to be paid the current market value. So make your decision and stop complaining.
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Fri, Jul 01 2022, 2:58 pm
amother [ Foxglove ] wrote: | This. Do not pay the increase until you are satisfied with the new lease.
You cannot be evicted legally.
If your apartment isn't legal, they definitely cannot evict you in a legal way. |
I agree with this. You can try to negotiate you pay more rent but ask for xyz..one example is to be able to have untill the 5th or 10th of the month to pay, pay the amount in payments each month.
But please please of its not a legal apartment do not take advantage of the fact that they can't evict you. Please be cordial.
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Fri, Jul 01 2022, 3:09 pm
amother [ OP ] wrote: | I don't know if it's worth it to fight it if we stay and things are awkward. As of now they're really bad about fixing things as it is. We have a big hole in our ceiling since they had a leak pesach time that they still haven't fixed. So I'm scared if we try to fight it they'll help even less or not at all with problems... the place as it is is not in great condition. They place wasn't cleaned professionally before we moved in and the walls are dirtt and have holes in them...chuncks are missing from when the old tenants toom their mezuzahs..the laminate floor has hole and is warped from the leak over pesach.. I feel like if they took better care of us it wouldn't be as frustrating that they're raising so high, even though it's hard. We happen to be very nice tenants and asked them nicely to fix things and most of the time don't even bother asking since know they won't deal with it.. we are pretty laid back so I think they should be happy with us because most tenants would probably complain a lot me. They are pretty wild upstairs to the point that things fall down im our closet from the kids jumping above.
I am upset with how much of an increase at once but more upset the fact that they don't take care of the place and having new tenants will probably cost them a lot of money with all the repairs they'd need to make (ie fridge shelves, drawers and door are all broken from when we moved in, the stovetop has a lot of issues and only one side really works normal etc.) |
Some things you're mentioning here are bothering me. The dirty walls you say were there before you moved , holes; didn't you see that before you signed the lease? Before you moved in? If you did, and despite the fact you moved in I must tell you it's your problem by now. Right before moving you should've inspected it, and if it wasn't take care of you shouldn't have moved in. You would've prevailed then because your landlord would see that your not moving in untilll it's cleaned and holes are fixed. Now it's a little too late to complain about things that were done before moving in. Afterwards is whole different story though.
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