Can my landlord do this to me?

[flowerchild91]

I live in California and have been renting my current room for 1.5 years, renewing my lease every 6 months. My lease is up January 1st 2019. Today is December 17, 2018 and the landlord told me that they will be upping the rent well over 10%. I live in a 2 bed 2 bath house with one other person who doesn't come out of their room much, so they claim the increase in rent is because the place will now be rented out as a "studio". This being told to me 2 weeks before my lease is up, what can I do about this?

 

[FarmerJ]

Your LL must give you proper notice in writing of rent increases ( your states landlord and tenant laws spell that out , 14 days oral notice is not sufficient or proper notice to you.

 

[Chengli33]

I live in California and have been renting my current room for 1.5 years, renewing my lease every 6 months. My lease is up January 1st 2019. Today is December 17, 2018 and the landlord told me that they will be upping the rent by $234. I live in a 2 bed 2 bath house with one other person who doesn't come out of their room much, so they claim the increase in rent is because the place will now be rented out as a "studio". This being told to me 2 weeks before my lease is up, what can I do about this?

HI, I have read your problem and have searched on this and found that you can look on lease agreement especially with tenant-landlord lease agreement of the California state.

 

[adjusterjack]

I live in California and have been renting my current room for 1.5 years, renewing my lease every 6 months. My lease is up January 1st 2019. Today is December 17, 2018 and the landlord told me that they will be upping the rent by $234. I live in a 2 bed 2 bath house with one other person who doesn't come out of their room much, so they claim the increase in rent is because the place will now be rented out as a "studio". This being told to me 2 weeks before my lease is up, what can I do about this?

This is the CA statute addressing the required written notice for rent increases:

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=827.

If the increase is 10% or less it's 30 days. More than 10% 60 days.

Show the LL the statute. Might buy you some time.

 

[flowerchild91]

This is the CA statute addressing the required written notice for rent increases:

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=827.

If the increase is 10% or less it's 30 days. More than 10% 60 days.

Show the LL the statute. Might buy you some time.

do you know if I can sue over this?

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

do you know if I can sue over this?

It isn't really something you need to sue over. You pay the rent as due and if the LL takes you to court for eviction either because you didn't pay the increase or he didn't accept your lower payment you won't be evicted.

 

[flowerchild91]

It isn't really something you need to sue over. You pay the rent as due and if the LL takes you to court for eviction either because you didn't pay the increase or he didn't accept your lower payment you won't be evicted.

I am moving out I want nothing to do with these people, how can I make sure they don't keep my deposit? The list of things they are expecting of me are as if I am renting the house alone. My roommate (landlords son) has no responsibility to keep anything clean even though this is a shared house space.

 

[LdiJ]

I am moving out I want nothing to do with these people, how can I make sure they don't keep my deposit? The list of things they are expecting of me are as if I am renting the house alone. My roommate (landlords son) has no responsibility to keep anything clean even though this is a shared house space.

Just as an FYI, something cannot be called a "studio" unless no one has access to any of the units amenities. So, as long as the kitchen and bathroom are not behind your locked door, its not a studio.

If its your landlord's son occupying the other bedroom then I would take the landlord straight to small claims court if he tries to deduct anything from your deposit that doesn't pertain to your totally separate space.