Please Help Us ASAP!
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia
Our landlord gave us a 5 day acknowledgement notice, and 30 days to vacate the premises on our year to year lease agreement, or agree to a $300.00 increase in rent. (This is a single notice, containing the 5-30 day(s))
Is this legal under Virginia Law?
Please take into consideration this is not
(1) any non compliance or failure to pay our rent, on our part.
(2) In our original, existing, signed lease (we both have originals, they don't match like a single signed, dated, then copied lease) the 30 day notice reads thus "A thirty day written notice to cancel is required prior to termination otherwise the security deposit will be forfeited." Capital 'A' at the beginning, and a period at the end. Our landlord claims that per our lease agreement,(2 above) she has the, and is, exercising her right, to the 30 day (sign a new increased rent lease, or get out) notice. Land lord also states that we only have 5 days to decide.
Is any of this legal in Virginia?
We have only been able to find a 90 day written notice of non renewal, for a year to year agreement, from landlord to tenant.
We have also, through public records, discovered, that she owns as many as 14 rental units, if so, VRLTA applies to LL
I also checked and found out that LL is required, within 5 days after occupancy, to submit a written report, to us (tenants), for our safe keeping, itemizing damages to the dwelling unit existing at the time of occupancy, which record shall be deemed correct unless tenant objects...(Code of Virginia- Article 2. LL obligations. 55-248.11:1.
Theirs more to the section, please forgive the paraphrasing in the above section, my typing is slow, and we've been typing for months now. Also we live in a single family residence.
The point I'm trying to make is that there was a "showing" of the property only, several days before our approval to lease said property.
NO inspection, of any kind, having anything to do with existing damages. Yes I took pictures of what I considered to be 'existing damages'.
Our existing lease states: 'Move in/Move out: The landlord will conduct an inspection with the lessee at time of move in and again at time of move out. Any and all existing conditions not validated by the lessee during aforementioned inspection shall be legally waived without recourse. If all is satisfactory, the security deposit will be refunded in full.
Several things,(I have pictures) were mentioned, yet not repaired, disclosed, or even acknowledged by LL. It's very difficult to even find a place with fenced in land, with a barn, let alone to move animals, vehicles, and 2 years of accumulated personal property, on such short notice.
All we wanted, which she was looking for, were long term tenants, who would take care of her property like it was their own, which we have. We wanted a home, it's become a nightmare.
Please help, Thank You for your time and advice.
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Virginia
Our landlord gave us a 5 day acknowledgement notice, and 30 days to vacate the premises on our year to year lease agreement, or agree to a $300.00 increase in rent. (This is a single notice, containing the 5-30 day(s))
Is this legal under Virginia Law?
Please take into consideration this is not
(1) any non compliance or failure to pay our rent, on our part.
(2) In our original, existing, signed lease (we both have originals, they don't match like a single signed, dated, then copied lease) the 30 day notice reads thus "A thirty day written notice to cancel is required prior to termination otherwise the security deposit will be forfeited." Capital 'A' at the beginning, and a period at the end. Our landlord claims that per our lease agreement,(2 above) she has the, and is, exercising her right, to the 30 day (sign a new increased rent lease, or get out) notice. Land lord also states that we only have 5 days to decide.
Is any of this legal in Virginia?
We have only been able to find a 90 day written notice of non renewal, for a year to year agreement, from landlord to tenant.
We have also, through public records, discovered, that she owns as many as 14 rental units, if so, VRLTA applies to LL
I also checked and found out that LL is required, within 5 days after occupancy, to submit a written report, to us (tenants), for our safe keeping, itemizing damages to the dwelling unit existing at the time of occupancy, which record shall be deemed correct unless tenant objects...(Code of Virginia- Article 2. LL obligations. 55-248.11:1.
Theirs more to the section, please forgive the paraphrasing in the above section, my typing is slow, and we've been typing for months now. Also we live in a single family residence.
The point I'm trying to make is that there was a "showing" of the property only, several days before our approval to lease said property.
NO inspection, of any kind, having anything to do with existing damages. Yes I took pictures of what I considered to be 'existing damages'.
Our existing lease states: 'Move in/Move out: The landlord will conduct an inspection with the lessee at time of move in and again at time of move out. Any and all existing conditions not validated by the lessee during aforementioned inspection shall be legally waived without recourse. If all is satisfactory, the security deposit will be refunded in full.
Several things,(I have pictures) were mentioned, yet not repaired, disclosed, or even acknowledged by LL. It's very difficult to even find a place with fenced in land, with a barn, let alone to move animals, vehicles, and 2 years of accumulated personal property, on such short notice.
All we wanted, which she was looking for, were long term tenants, who would take care of her property like it was their own, which we have. We wanted a home, it's become a nightmare.
Please help, Thank You for your time and advice.
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