Hi everyone, I have read through dozens of pages of forum posts to see what landlords and tenants have experienced to see if anyone has been in a similar situation to me.
I am the tenant in this case and signed up to a long term lease. I served my landlord with a 10 day letter asking for a small rent reduction backdated to the beginning of tenancy for the ongoing issues, fair and reasonable compensation for issues with renovations and being unable to use parts of the property, and requesting issues be resolved, including major health and safety issues and breaches of the building act, and to terminate my fixed term lease and replace it with a periodic lease.
I included a report which documented each issue, and provided photos.
I informed my landlord that I would be making a claim with the Tenancy Tribunal if my demands were not met.
The following day a letter from my landlord appeared in my letterbox, telling me my lease had been terminated as requested. However it has not been replaced with a periodic lease. They requested I contact them with my dates I would vacate the property.
I am sure that ignoring the rest of the 10 day letter and terminating my lease is retaliatory and what are my rights here? Do I have to move immediately? or does Section 60(1) of the Act apply?: “Where a tenant remains in occupation of the premises after the tenancy has terminated… all the obligations of the tenant shall continue in force as if the tenancy is still subsisting until such time as the tenant ceases to occupy the premises”.
I would be interested in your thoughts
I am the tenant in this case and signed up to a long term lease. I served my landlord with a 10 day letter asking for a small rent reduction backdated to the beginning of tenancy for the ongoing issues, fair and reasonable compensation for issues with renovations and being unable to use parts of the property, and requesting issues be resolved, including major health and safety issues and breaches of the building act, and to terminate my fixed term lease and replace it with a periodic lease.
I included a report which documented each issue, and provided photos.
I informed my landlord that I would be making a claim with the Tenancy Tribunal if my demands were not met.
The following day a letter from my landlord appeared in my letterbox, telling me my lease had been terminated as requested. However it has not been replaced with a periodic lease. They requested I contact them with my dates I would vacate the property.
I am sure that ignoring the rest of the 10 day letter and terminating my lease is retaliatory and what are my rights here? Do I have to move immediately? or does Section 60(1) of the Act apply?: “Where a tenant remains in occupation of the premises after the tenancy has terminated… all the obligations of the tenant shall continue in force as if the tenancy is still subsisting until such time as the tenant ceases to occupy the premises”.
I would be interested in your thoughts
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