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!