I rent a condo. I like living here and don’t want to move. I signed a 1 year lease, which expired January 1, 2010. I let my landlord know I want to renew the lease in November 2009 - 2 months before the end of the lease. The landlord is an agent for a property management company. The owner of the condo lives out of town. The owner, with his 18-year-old daughter, came to look at the place in August of last year. They said the daughter and the mom had never seen the condo, so they wanted to see it. They were in town because the daughter is attending university in the city now - about a 30-minute-drive away from the condo. They said the daughter will be residing in student housing on campus. In November, the landlord said he would renew the lease - that he would prepare the documents and send them over. No documents were sent, so I called him in January. He said he would be out of town and would send the documents soon. Again, no documents arrived. I called him about 3 weeks ago and was very up-front with him. I told him I want the lease renewed and I feel he is avoiding renewing the lease and that I feel that the owner’s daughter may want to move into the unit. He said he had not contacted the owners at all yet and that he would do so. Called him last week and he said the owners are not opposed to signing a lease, however they want to increase the rent. He said he will come up with a “number” and let me know. Again, no call back.

Even if he signs another lease with me, he can give me 60 days notice to vacate the suite if the owner (or his daughter in this case) want to move into the suite.

So, I guess I just want to see what other people think. Is he just stalling? Is he just dumb and lazy? Should I probably just give notice and move.

Also, the strata just passed a “no-renting” by-law. Which means that if I move out of this suite, the strata would not allow him to rent it out again.

Also, student housing is MUCH cheaper than my rent right now. Student housing is about $700/month. I am paying $2000/month. So he would be in a financial disadvantage if his daughter were to move into here - unless she got room-mates. And please don’t make any comments about finding a cheaper place and not wasting money… I have heard it all before - thanks!
I am renting in British Columbia, Canada. The LAW here allows EVERY legal lease to be ended (with a 60 day notice to tenant) if the owner or their family want to move into the unit. It’s the law - I have checked with the rental board. I have also been a victim to this ridiculous rule before.
Because I need to be in BC, Canada right now. And the only decent condos you will find here will cost you at least $800,000… so even if I pay $2,000 - $2,500 a month in rent, I am still saving by not having to pay a $4,000 mortgage, $600/month maintenance fees, property taxes, down deposit, etc. It works out in the end. But thanks.

I rent a condo. I like living here and don’t want to move. I signed a 1 year lease, which expired January 1, 2010. I let my landlord know I want to renew the lease in November 2009 - 2 months before the end of the lease. The landlord is an agent for a property management company. The owner of the condo lives out of town. The owner, with his 18-year-old daughter, came to look at the place in August of last year. They said the daughter and the mom had never seen the condo, so they wanted to see it. They were in town because the daughter is attending university in the city now - about a 30-minute-drive away from the condo. They said the daughter will be residing in student housing on campus. In November, the landlord said he would renew the lease - that he would prepare the documents and send them over. No documents were sent, so I called him in January. He said he would be out of town and would send the documents soon. Again, no documents arrived. I called him about 3 weeks ago and was very up-front with him. I told him I want the lease renewed and I feel he is avoiding renewing the lease and that I feel that the owner’s daughter may want to move into the unit. He said he had not contacted the owners at all yet and that he would do so. Called him last week and he said the owners are not opposed to signing a lease, however they want to increase the rent. He said he will come up with a “number” and let me know. Again, no call back.

Even if he signs another lease with me, he can give me 60 days notice to vacate the suite if the owner (or his daughter in this case) want to move into the suite.

So, I guess I just want to see what other people think. Is he just stalling? Is he just dumb and lazy? Should I probably just give notice and move.

Also, the strata just passed a “no-renting” by-law. Which means that if I move out of this suite, the strata would not allow him to rent it out again.

Also, student housing is MUCH cheaper than my rent right now. Student housing is about $700/month. I am paying $2000/month. So he would be in a financial disadvantage if his daughter were to move into here - unless she got room-mates. And please don’t make any comments about finding a cheaper place and not wasting money… I have heard it all before - thanks!

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If something happened to my car in secure underground parking garage in my apartment building , is property management responsible for anything ?
I talked to friend of family who is manager if big management organization , and I was told that they are 100% liable. But somehow management company for my building is denying it.
Thats why I wanted an opinion of from people who know sure answer.

this plague of a company established in nottingham, uk is the bane of many peoples lives… they take the rent money, for which they charge extortionate amounts, and they tell you that all bills are included in the cost of the rent, which is not true. i lived at a property rented by these scammers and they ripped me off. the cooker didnt work, the boiler didnt work, the ceilings were falling down and the gas killed my dog whilst i was at work!! one day they came and removed my bed and the fridge freezer for no reason what so ever!!! everytime i call them they laugh down the phone at me!! i was paying £125 per week on a pre pay meter for gas alone and they said that this was the going rate??? i called the gas company and they said that after an investigation that the gas meter had been tampered with to 8x more money than it should, nearly the same for the electric. they turn up at my home unannounced and let themselves in. things have gone missing from my house too and they do not want to know. im at breaking point but im young and i feel they are lying and taking advantage of me. they said my rent has gone up by 40% with no notice and that i will have to move out within 3 days if i don’t agree to the rent increase??? they were so nice until the day i sighed my tenancy agreement and that’s when the psycho bullying started.

please help me out as i do not know what to do i am crying as i type this i just dont want anyone else to fall for these bullying cowboys??

i dont know what to do and now they are getting very violent towards me??

help!!!

The property management we rent from are horrible, evil, unethical thieves. They love to bill for bogus work and don’t return calls. I’ve never paid rent late and even turned them into the Better Business Bureau because they can’t substantiate their charges. I’ve also paid their bills but have emailed them to let them know I dispute the charges. Their only response is if I don’t pay they’ll take it out of my rent and then evict me for not paying rent in full. When I ask to have them explain their charges I get either no response or “we’re looking into it” (six months later, they are still looking into it). I don’t want to break lease because then it will look bad for me but I want to know what I can do to protect myself so that I can get my $1500 security deposit back. I googled them and found they have all kinds of bad remarks about “fake” charges when during leases and when people leave so they can keep the deposits and it seems as though they have never returned security deposits. My question is, what can I do to ensure they have no reason to keep my deposit? I’ll paint where the bed rubs against the wall in my boys room and re-caulk the showers (as a previous renter said they charged him $350 to recaulk the one shower). I just want to know if anyone has any advice so I can avoid getting their super-inflated charges. Thanks!

I rent a condo. I like living here and don’t want to move. I signed a 1 year lease, which expired January 1, 2010. I let my landlord know I want to renew the lease in November 2009 - 2 months before the end of the lease. The landlord is an agent for a property management company. The owner of the condo lives out of town. The owner, with his 18-year-old daughter, came to look at the place in August of last year. They said the daughter and the mom had never seen the condo, so they wanted to see it. They were in town because the daughter is attending university in the city now - about a 30-minute-drive away from the condo. They said the daughter will be residing in student housing on campus. In November, the landlord said he would renew the lease - that he would prepare the documents and send them over. No documents were sent, so I called him in January. He said he would be out of town and would send the documents soon. Again, no documents arrived. I called him about 3 weeks ago and was very up-front with him. I told him I want the lease renewed and I feel he is avoiding renewing the lease and that I feel that the owner’s daughter may want to move into the unit. He said he had not contacted the owners at all yet and that he would do so. Called him last week and he said the owners are not opposed to signing a lease, however they want to increase the rent. He said he will come up with a “number” and let me know. Again, no call back.

Even if he signs another lease with me, he can give me 60 days notice to vacate the suite if the owner (or his daughter in this case) want to move into the suite.

So, I guess I just want to see what other people think. Is he just stalling? Is he just dumb and lazy? Should I probably just give notice and move.

Also, the strata just passed a “no-renting” by-law. Which means that if I move out of this suite, the strata would not allow him to rent it out again.

Also, student housing is MUCH cheaper than my rent right now. Student housing is about $700/month. I am paying $2000/month. So he would be in a financial disadvantage if his daughter were to move into here - unless she got room-mates. And please don’t make any comments about finding a cheaper place and not wasting money… I have heard it all before - thanks!
I am renting in British Columbia, Canada. The LAW here allows EVERY legal lease to be ended (with a 60 day notice to tenant) if the owner or their family want to move into the unit. It’s the law - I have checked with the rental board. I have also been a victim to this ridiculous rule before.
Because I need to be in BC, Canada right now. And the only decent condos you will find here will cost you at least $800,000… so even if I pay $2,000 - $2,500 a month in rent, I am still saving by not having to pay a $4,000 mortgage, $600/month maintenance fees, property taxes, down deposit, etc. It works out in the end. But thanks.