Today, I received a letter from my landlord's attorney. It said my landlord is terminating my "verbal" lease with him. Ten years ago, the deal began as rent to own. My landlord is my grandfather. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I received an eviction notice taped to my door stating my landlord is selling his property and moving out of the country in 13 days. My landlord is my boyfriend. FML
Today, my landlord sold the apartment I’ve been renting for 10 years without telling me. I found this out when the new owners showed up at the door with boxes. FML
Today, my landlord started showing my apartment, where I have lived and paid rent for over 2 years, to prospective tenants. I didn't realize that I was moving. FML
Today, my landlord told me he is raising my rent next month. I thought he was kidding until he asked if I still wanted to live here. My landlord is also my live-in boyfriend. FML
Today, I found out, through Facebook, that my landlord hadn't been paying the mortgage on the house I'm renting from him. It's going into foreclosure. FML
Today, thanks to my son's inability to keep his trap shut, and natural ability to piss everybody off, our landlord is now not renewing our lease at the end of the month, and went out of his way to let me know it is all my son's fault, and he can’t wait to personally kick us both into the street. FML
Today, the day after my grandfather's funeral, my grandmother informed me I have 30 days to move out. I've been living with them for four years, helping take care of my sick grandfather. She's already changed the locks and won't unlock the door. FML
Today, I was meeting with my landlord to discuss buying the house I currently rent. It was going great, and he was going to give us an amazing deal. Until my idiot "socialist" teenage son barged in and attacked him, calling him a "bourgeoisie landowner." Now we're practically homeless and facing charges. FML
Today, I got a notice in the mail saying I had been fired from my job. My dad's the boss, who I happen to live with. FML
Today, I was helping my elderly landlady (75 years old) carry in her groceries. She said "Thanks" and then handed me a notice of eviction. FML
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RichardPencil 32
You need to kick it up to a higher court: Grandma
briedabro 32
FYL but you really should have written it down for some legal standing just in case.
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briedabro 32
FYL but you really should have written it down for some legal standing just in case.
RichardPencil 32
You need to kick it up to a higher court: Grandma
TweetAnne 13
What if she is no longer around?
RichardPencil 32
Conduct a seance.
stayydomii 21
Your grandfather is a dick.
mariri9206 32
My thoughts exactly.
writerchic85 26
How can he have any standing with a verbal lease? It is literally his word against yours.
Earl_KarmasBitch 36
What court is going to make grandpa sign over the house to her based on a verbal contract with no witnesses?
AlficiaEff 6
In North America most verbal contracts (in this case, leases) have standing that defaults to the laws put in place. So if there's a law saying a landlord has the right to evict a tenant so long as they give 2 months notice, then the verbal agreement between the landlord and tenant must abide by that law. The point really is to make sure tenants and landlords are protected in cases like these. Grandfather rents to grandkid, then tries to kick them out claiming there was no written contract, well agreeing the rent-to-own was a verbal contract and therefore he cannot kick the kid out without notice.
moo77_fml 20
Speak to him!!! Find out why his doing this.. and good luck op
liesseling 13
here, I you pay rent for x amount of time, you have a lease. official.
Earl_KarmasBitch 36
A lease, sure. But that doesn't grant her ownership of the house.
hubinsky 1
Thats not how a contract works at all lol and definitely not held up in court
Reasonable_one 12
You can't do a "rent to own" on a verbal agreement. Those should have a clear timeline as well as define what part of the monthly payment goes to regular rent versus purchase option. If you only had a verbal agreement, it was never rent to own.
Archery5083 11
Always have rental agreements in writing no matter how you know the landlord.
ApparentlyNotEno 28
YDI for not getting it in writing, but that doesn't mean you have no rights. A verbal contract is still enforceable in most jurisdictions, especially with ten years (!!!) of history behind it. Get yerself an attorney. Now.
PhoenixChick 26
Lawyer up. That's a huge amount of cash on the line. And one side cannot just decide to terminate a verbal agreement. It's not first come, first served with the law.
niallo 23
I completely agree. But the grandfather did op a favor sending the letter. Op now has in writing proof that there is an agreement in place. And no. One side can't void it on a whim. Try walking out on a regular lease and see what happens.